IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.312 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision : 12.01.2010 Jagir Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.B.S.Baath, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. Ms.Charu Tuli, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of the order which I propose to pass, there is no necessity to seek counter-reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner has retired as Panchayat Secretary on attaining the age of superannuation on 31.7.2008. He seeks mandamus to direct the respondents to release his pension, gratuity and other retiral benefits alongwith interest. The petitioner's case is that he served the department C.W.P.No .312 of 2010 (OM&) 2 spotlessly and there is nothing against him which could prevent the grant of retiral benefits to him, yet the petitioner has been denied the same only because he is settled at Gurdaspur and could not contact the authorities at Patiala where he remained posted. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the case, as noticed above, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioner for the release of his retiral benefits immediately and grant him the admissible dues as early as possible but not later than three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. In case any formalities are required to be done at the level of the petitioner, he will cooperate with the departmental authorities and provide them the required documents etc. Disposed of. 12-01-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE