IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.18452 of 2008 Date of Decision : August 25, 2011. Smt.Krishna Kumari .....Petitioner versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.V.K.Shukla, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Sudeepti Sharma, DAG, Punjab. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The husband of the petitioner, namely, Inder Dev was a Forest Guard in the Forest Department, Government of Punjab. He was removed from service vide an order dated 17.6.2008, i.e., after he superannuated w.e.f. 31.10.2006. The husband of the petitioner unfortunately passed away on 14.7.2008 leaving behind his wife (petitioner), two daughters of marriageable age and one son. Pursuant to the observations made by this Court, the authorities have re-considered the matter and withdrawn the order of dismissal from service of the deceased employee. The only question that survives pertains to the release of the retiral dues of the deceased-employee CWP No.18452 of 2008 [2] including 'family pension' to the petitioner. There can be no exception that once the order of removal has been withdrawn, the deceased employee would be deemed to have retired from service w.e.f. 31.10.2006 and as a consequence thereto, the petitioner or other dependents shall be entitled to the arrears of pension/family pension and other retiral dues. It may be true that some more disciplinary proceedings were pending against the deceased employee. Suffice it to mention that those proceedings cannot now culminate into an order of punishment after the death of the delinquent employee. Keeping the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case in view and without creating it as a precedent to be followed in other cases, the writ petition is allowed to the extent that the respondents are directed to release the arrears of pension/family pension and other retiral dues of the deceased employee to the petitioner/other dependents within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order, failing which they shall be entitled to interest @ 7% per annum. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. August 25, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE