IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No.4695 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION: MARCH 25, 2009 R.K. Gupta .....PETITIONER Versus State of Punjab and another ....RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL --- Present: Mr.Vikas Awasthy, Advocate, for the petitioner. .. SATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J. (Oral) The petitioner, who retired on 30.4.2003 as Chief Cane Development Officer from Punjab State Federation of Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited, has filed the instant petition for issuing direction to the respondents to release the amount of leave encashment with interest, which has been illegally withheld without pendency of any departmental proceedings. It is the case of the petitioner that for the said relief, a legal notice dated 7.5.2004 (Annexure P3) has already been issued, but till date the said notice has not been decided so far. After hearing the counsel for the petitioner and without issuing notice to the other side, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider the claim of the petitioner in the said legal notice and take a decision, in accordance with law, expeditiously. March 25, 2009 (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL) vkg JUDGE