IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8035 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 05, 2010. Balbir Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Tribhawan Singla, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner retired from the post of Head Constable on 31.12.2001. His grievance is that almost 10 years' have passed but his retiral dues including salary for the year 1996-97 has not been released so far. His further grievance is that some of the credit entries of his GPF account are missing and are not being up-dated. From the documents on record, it appears that the petitioner was deputed with the Intelligence Bureau of the State Police and on that count, there is a long un-ending correspondence between the parent and the borrowing departments for updating the missing credits of the petitioner's GPF account. The petitioner is said to have already served the respondents with a legal notice dated 25.8.2008 (Annexure P-7) but his C.W.P.No .8035 of 2010 2 grievance has yet not been redressed, though vide reply dated 1.9.2008 (Annexure P-8), he was informed that his claim has been forwarded to the Assistant Director (Cash), State Intelligence Bureau. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition and the delay already accrued, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent nos. 2 to 5 to take cognizance of the aforesaid legal notice dated 25.8.2008 (Annexure P-7) served on behalf of the petitioner, immediately and settle the petitioner's pending claim without any further delay, as early as possible, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order, failing which the petitioner shall be entitled to the interest @ 9% per annum which shall then be recoverable from the officer/official responsible for the inordinate delay. A compliance report be sent to this Court. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 05, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE