CWP No.5687 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No.5687 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision: 24.9.2008 Harbhajan Dass and others ..Petitioner Versus Food Corporationof India and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. R.S. Chauhan, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms. Harsimran Kaur, Advocate, for the respondents. Ashutosh Mohunta, J. (oral) The petitioners have prayed that direction be issued to the respondents to release them the family pension benefits after their retirement/VRS. Reply has been filed on behalf of respondent Food Corporation of India. Learned counsel for the respondents states that petitioners are entitled to the grant of family pension in terms of the Employees Pension Scheme, 1995 and the relevant papers have already been sent to the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner, New Delhi who is the competent authority to release the family pension to the petitioners. In view of the aforementioned stand of the FCI, we dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent No.5 to release the family pension benefits to the petitioners in terms of the Employees CWP No.5687 of 2008 2 Pension Scheme, 1995 within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order, if not already released. (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA) JUDGE (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE September 24, 2008 'rajpal'