IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.5746 of 2011 Date of Decision : March 31, 2011. Narinder Kumar .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Sameer Sachdeva, 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner served as a Lecturer-in-English in Guru Nanak National College, Nakodar for more than 38 years till his retirement as Professor on 6.10.2008. The petitioner's grievance is that he has not been paid the revised pension and other retiral benefits like gratuity etc. as per the revised pay scales recommended by the University Grants Commission and which have been adopted by the State of Punjab vide letter dated 2.9.2009 w.e.f. 1.1.2006. The above stated claim has been raised by the petitioner vide a legal notice dated 18.1.2011 (Annexure P-5) also but without any response thereto so far. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it C.W.P.No .5746 of 2011 2 appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent Nos.2 to 5 to consider the claim of the petitioner as contained in the legal notice dated 18.1.2011 (Annexure P-5) and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Suffice it to say that in case the petitioner is found entitled to any monetary benefits, the same shall also be released within the stipulated period. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 31, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE