In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh ...... CM No.839 of 2008 and C.W.P. No.15691 of 2004 ..... Date of decision:7.5.2008 Prof. Roshan Singh .....Petitioner v. State of Punjab and others .....Respondents .... Present: Mr. Rajinder Goyal, Advocate for the applicant-petitioner. Mr. H.S. Gill, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab for respondents No.1 and 2. Mr. Tejinder Bishnoi, Advocate for respondent No.3. ..... S.S. Saron, J. (Oral) With the consent of the parties the petition is taken up for disposal as the respondents have conceded the case of the petitioner. The petitioner was appointed as Lecturer in Mathematics at Guru Kashi College, Damdama Sahib, Talwandi Sabo Bathinda w.e.f. 20.7.1966 on regular basis. He continued as Mathematics Lecturer till attaining the age of superannuation on 2.5.1998. The grievance of the petitioner in the present writ petition is that he has not been paid his retiral benefits such as gratuity, leave encashment, house rent allowance etc. Accordingly, a prayer has been made for quashing the impugned order dated CM No.839 of 2008 and C.W.P. No.15691 of 2004 [2] 3.3.2003 (Annexure-P.8) passed by the Vice-Chancellor, Punjabi University, Patiala whereby the petitioner has been held entitled for the payment of contributory provident fund as per Rules under pensionary benefits which have been paid already. The petitioner filed Civil Miscellaneous Application No.839 of 2008 stating that the case of the petitioner is covered by decision of this Court in the case of K.C. Sharma v. State of Punjab and others (C.W.P. No.3583 of 2007, decided on 17.12.2007) (Annexure-P.12) and the decision in Livleen Kaur v. State of Punjab and others (C.W.P. No.6395 of 2007, decided on 18.12.2007) (Annexure-P.13). Notice of the CM was issued to the respondents. Today, counsel appearing for respondent No.3-University has filed in Court the decision dated 4.4.2008 of the Committee that has been set-up under the Chairmanship of Dean, Academic Affairs. The cases of Shri D.S. Sidhu and Shri J.S. Sekhon were considered by the Committee. In the said cases, this Court had directed for the payment of benefits. The Committee, therefore, recommended that as in the cases of the said officials, the petitioner on his retirement as Lecturer be given the gratuity and leave encashment. The Vice-Chancellor in the cases of Shri J.S. Sekhon and Shri D.S. Sidhu has granted the necessary retiral benefits of gratuity and leave encashment vide order dated 17.3.2006 (Annexure-P.14). Therefore, there is no reason why the petitioner is also not entitled to the said benefit. Accordingly, the civil writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the respondent-Punjabi University to release the due gratuity and leave encashment to the petitioner. The necessary payment shall CM No.839 of 2008 and C.W.P. No.15691 of 2004 [3] hopefully be made as expeditiously as possible and preferably within two months of the receipt of the certified copy of this order. May 7, 2008. (S.S. Saron) Judge *hsp* NOTE: Whether to be referred to the Reporter or not:Yes/No CM No.839 of 2008 and C.W.P. No.15691 of 2004 [4]