IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.266 of 1996 (O&M) Date of Decision : 22.01.2010. Nasib Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Ms.Harmanpreet Kaur, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Charu Tuli, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 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) The petitioner is a retired S.S.Master. He seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to take into account the service rendered by him in privately managed Government aided school which he rendered before joining the Government service without any break, for the purpose of service benefits like pension etc. In sum and substance, the petitioner's case is that he joined the service in Khalsa Higher Secondary School, Kharar which is a Government aided privately managed school, on 14.4.1962 and while serving as such, he was selected and appointed as S.S.Master in the C.W.P.No .266 of 1996 (O&M) 2 Education Department, Government of Punjab, on 14.1.1966. The petitioner retired on 31.12.1995 on attaining the age of superannuation. The petitioner's case is that the service rendered by him in the afore- mentioned privately managed Government aided school, deserves to be counted towards his pensionary benefits. The petitioner's further case is that the controversy involved in this case has since been settled by this Court vide decision dated 27.11.2009 rendered in Civil Writ Petition No.11986 of 2009 (Kiran Saini versus State of Haryana and others). Having heard learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioner in the light of the afore-stated decision in Kiran Saini's case (supra ) and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order preferably within a period of 4 months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Needless to say that if the petitioner is found entitled for any monitory benefits, the same shall also be released to him within the afore-stated period. Disposed of. Dasti. 22-01-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE