C.W.P. No. 7278 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 7278 of 2011 Date of Decision : April 29, 2011 Shanti Devi wd/o Mohan Lal .... PETITIONER Vs. State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH * * * Present : Mr. S.P.S.Tinna, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) Prayer in the present petition is for grant of the remaining retiral benefits along with interest which the petitioner claims she is entitled to. The petitioner is a widow of Mohan Lal, who was working as a Safai Sewak (Sweeper) in the office of the Municipal Council, Abohar. While in harness, he died on 31.07.2007. When no retiral benefits were released to her, she filed a representation claiming the same. The said representation was not considered by the respondents and, accordingly, she had to file CWP No. 4264 of 2008, which was disposed of by this Court vide order dated 18.03.2008 with a direction to dispose of the representation of the petitioner. Since the said representation was not decided within the time stipulated, Contempt Petition No. 1275 of 2008 had to be filed wherein the C.W.P. No. 7278 of 2011 2 respondents released an amount of ` 4,61,159/-. On the basis of the reply filed by the respondents and the amount released, the contempt petition was disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file a representation for claiming her any other dues which she had not been paid by the respondents. Accordingly, the petitioner filed a representation. Thereafter, it so happened that on 13.10.2010, Government of Punjab had issued a notification providing for ex-gratia grant, which was increased to ` 1,00,000/-. This notification came into effect from 01.01.2006 and since the husband of the petitioner died on 31.07.2007, the petitioner put forth this additional claim along with the earlier claim through a representation dated 05.11.2010 (Annexure P-6), which has, till date, not been considered and decided by the Executive Officer, Municipal Council, Abohar- respondent No. 4. Counsel for the petitioner, at this stage, prays that a direction may be issued to respondent No. 4 to consider and take a decision on the representation of the petitioner, which is pending, within some specified time. Without going into the merits of the case or commenting thereon, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Executive Officer, Municipal Council, Abohar- respondent No. 4 to consider and decide the representation of the petitioner dated 05.11.2010 (Annexure P-6) within a period of two months' from date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. If the petitioner is held entitled to the claim made by her in the representation, the said relief be released to her within one month thereafter. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) April 29, 2011 JUDGE pj