IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH LPA No. 997 of 2009 (O&M) Date of decision: 9.10.2009. The Haryana Financial Corporation ......Appellant Vs. K.K.Sharma & others ... .......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL HON'BLE MRS.JUSTICE DAYA CHAUDHARY PRESENT: Mr.Kamal Shegal, Advocate, for the appellant. **** ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, J. (Oral) 1. The appellant is aggrieved by interim order passed by the learned Single Judge staying operation of order dated 31.3.2009, Annexure P-20, deciding to stop payment of pension/family pension. 2. The appellant is a Financial Corporation constituted under Section 3 of the State Financial Corporation Act, 1951. It introduced a Pension Scheme for its employees with effect from 5.9.1994, which continued for 13 years, on 5.12.2007 vide Annexure P-15. A decision was taken to stop the pension scheme w.e.f. 1.11.2007. Challenging the said decision, the respondents who were affected employees, filed writ petition in this Court in the year 2007 and operation of order dated 5.12.2007 was stayed by this Court on 14.12.2007. During the currency of stay order, fresh order was passed on 10.2.2009 by the State Government declining to permit payment of pension, which order has also been challenged, by amending the writ petition. On the basis of said order, impugned order Annexure P-20 has LPA No. 997 of 2009 [2] been passed by the appellant which has been stayed, directing the writ petition to be heard within six months from 27.7.2009. About three months having already passed, the writ petition is itself to be heard in about three months from today. 3. In view of the fact that pension scheme has already been in operation for the last 13 years and the writ petition is likely to be heard within three months, no ground is made out to interfere with the impugned order. 4. The appeal is dismissed. 5. It is, however, made clear that the appellants will be at liberty to seek early hearing. (ADARSH KUMAR GOEL) JUDGE (DAYA CHAUDHARY) October 9, 2009 JUDGE raghav