C.W.P. No.14387 of 1992 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No.14387 of 1992 Date of Decision.03.05.2010 Smt. Gurcharan Kaur wife of Mohinder Singh, Village and Post Office Khambra, Tehsil and District Jalandhar ........Petitioner Versus State of Punjab through the Secretary Government of Punjab, Department of Education, Chandigarh and others ....Respondents Present: None for the petitioners. Mr. Manohar Lall, Addl. A.G., Punjab. CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? No 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? No 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? No -.- K. KANNAN J.(ORAL) 1. The prayer in the writ petition is for payment of General Provident Fund dues along with interest, gratuity admissible to her after retirement from Government service and also release the pension. 2. There is no representation for the petitioner at the time when the matter is called and the case is being decided with the able assistance of the learned counsel for the State, Sh. Manohar Lall. Learned counsel states that GPF amount was released on 14.05.1993 after the institution of the writ petition. It is also contended by him that as regards the gratuity and pension 90% of the same had been released and the balance of 10% was withheld on C.W.P. No.14387 of 1992 -2- account of recovery proceedings, which were initiated on the ground that the scale for B.Ed teachers has been applied to JBT teachers, which were not applicable. I have held in C.W.P. No.14901 of 1991 and a batch of cases that they are entitled to obtain such parity and that no recoveries are possible. Having regard to the view taken by this Court, all the petitioners are entitled to the higher scales, which was also drawn by the petitioner, the entire pension and gratuity withheld shall be paid to the petitioner with interest @9% from the time it fell due. 3. The writ petition is allowed on the above terms. There shall be, however, no direction as to costs. (K. KANNAN) JUDGE May 03, 2010 Pankaj*