C.W.P. No. 8143 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 8143 of 2011 Date of Decision : May 09, 2011 Krishan Kumar Jindal son of Sh. Chajju Ram .... PETITIONER Vs. Punjab State Electricity Board and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH * * * Present : Mr. Robin Dutt, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) It is the contention of the counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner had earlier worked at the Beas-Satluj Link Project from 22.05.1973 till 30.10.1978. Thereafter, the petitioner joined as Junior Engineer (Line Superintendent) with Punjab State Electricity Board, now Power Corporation Ltd. on 06.11.1978, from where he retired on 31.12.2008 as Assistant Engineer. The petitioner is entitled to the counting of his earlier service which he had rendered in Beas-Satluj Link Project from 22.05.1973 to 31.10.1978, which has not been counted by the respondents-Power Corporation Ltd. while granting him the retiral benefits on his retirement. He submits that the petitioner had made various representations but no response has been received from the respondents. C.W.P. No. 8143 of 2011 2 Now, he prays that liberty may be granted to the petitioner to file a detailed representation submitting his claim to the respondent-Corporation and a direction may be issued to the respondent-Corporation to consider and decide the said representation within some specified time as the petitioner is a retiree. Without going into the merits of the case or commenting thereon, the present writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to submit his representation within a period of 15 days' from today. On doing so, the said representation shall be considered and decided within a period of three months' from the date of submission of that representation. In case the petitioner is found entitled to the claim made in the representation, the same shall be released to him within a further period of three months. In case, the claim of the petitioner is rejected, a speaking order be conveyed to him forthwith. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) May 09, 2011 JUDGE pj