Rajveer Minhas v. Chief Commissioner Of Income Tax

CWP No.9071 of 2016 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA ATCHANDIGARH CWP No.9071 of 2016Date of decision: 10.5.2016 Rajveer MinhasPetitioner VersusChief Commissioner of Income Tax,... RespondentsChandigarh & ors, CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJITV NARAIN RAIN Present:Mr. SK Singla, Advocate,for the petitioner. 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? RAJIV NARAIN RAINA, J.(Oral) 1]The petitioner was called to appear personally for interviewon October 16, 2014 by the office of the Commissioner of Income Tax(Audit)-cum-Chairman Screening Committee for compassionateappointments. The petitioner asserts that he appeared and wasinterviewed on October 16, 2014 in the office of the Chairman ScreeningCommittee at Chandigarh. The petitioner laments that he has not heardfrom the Committee of any consideration on the request and the interviewthat followed. ? The petitioner has served a legal notice on March 18, 2016,which has been received and sent to quarters concerned vide letter datedMarch 30, 2016 as 1s conveyed to the counsel for the petitioner at Mohali. 3]When the petitioner has been interviewed and his legalnotice has been received complaining that no action has been taken orconveyed as to the result of the interview, this Court expects that a final CWP No.9071 of 2016 decision should have been taken within reasonable time and conveyed tothe petitioner. It cannot be said that period between personal hearing andlegal notice and till today is reasonable time to take a decision oncompassionate appointment. The petitioner has a right to know of thestatus of his case. In the circumstances, the respondents are directed tolook into the complaint of the petitioner and to convey the decision takenon the legal notice following personal hearing afforded at the end of2014. Accordingly, the final decision be conveyed withinone monthTothe petitioner from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. Ifthe petitioner has a case on merits for appointment then the same begranted to him within the next one month after completion of anyremaining formalities within the same time frame. In case the petitionerasks for personal hearing and the decision has not been taken so far, thesame shall be granted and a speaking order passed 4With these directions, the petition stands disposed of. 10.5.2016monika (RAJTV NARAIN RAINA)JUDGE