CWP No.7801 of 2001.doc - 1 – HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.7801 of 2001 (O&M) Date of Decision: 15.10.2010 **** Amarjeet Kaur ... Petitioner (Through LR Mr. Baljit Singh) VS. State of Punjab & Ors. …Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 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? **** Present: Mr. Arun Bansal, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. H.S. Brar, Addl. AG Punjab ***** SURYA KANT J. (ORAL) (1). The petitioner (since dead and represented by LR) joined as an SS Mistress in the Khalsa Sr.Secondary School at Bathinda w.e.f. 01.07.1972 against a Government-aided post and retired as such w.e.f. 03.03.1997 after completing more than 25 years of service. The petitioner being aggrieved at the action of the respondents in granting her pension only by counting her service with effect from the date she started contributing towards the GPF i.e. 01.10.1973 instead of the date when she joined the service, has approached this Court. A mandamus has been sought to direct the respondents to count her entire CWP No.7801 of 2001.doc - 2 – service as ‘qualifying service’ for the purposes of pension and other consequential relief/arrears etc. (2). Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the controversy involved in the present case is squarely answered by a Division Bench decision of this Court rendered in Ram Lubhaya Khanna v. State of Punjab, 2007(3)PLR 762. (3). Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the nature of relief sought for, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents to consider and decide the petitioner’s claim in the light of the decision in Ram Lubhaya Khanna’s case (supra) within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (4). Ordered accordingly. Dasti. 15.10.2010 vishal shonkar (SURYA KANT) JUDGE