Civil Writ Petition No. 3828 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 3828 of 2010 Date of decision : March 08, 2011 Kamlesh Rani .....Petitioner VERSUS The State of Haryana & others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH Present: Mr. Rajneesh Chadwal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Namit Gautam, Advocate, for the respondents. **** RANJIT SINGH, J. The gratuity and leave encashment of the husband of the petitioner amounting to Rs.4,92,570/- has been withheld on the ground that he was accused of some embezzlement, which amount was to be recovered. Unfortunately the husband of the petitioner has died. He could not be served with chargesheet before his death. Once the husband of the petitioner is no more, the proceedings against him for recovery of amount, would not be legally permissible or possible. In this background, the respondents are not justified in withholding the gratuity and other amount, which are payable to the petitioner. The respondents, If otherwise, are entitled, may have to seek recovery by adopting other legal methods. Civil Writ Petition No. 3828 of 2010 -2- The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of with direction to the respondents to release the entire money payable to the LRs of the petitioner within a period of one month from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. March 8, 2011 (RANJIT SINGH ) monika JUDGE