IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.16916 of 2010 Date of Decision : September 05, 2011. Hardial Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Ms.Saloni Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Sudeepti Sharma, DAG, 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner retired from the post of Lecturer (School Cadre) w.e.f. 31.12.2009, on attaining the age of superannuation. He has been granted provisional pension only and his gratuity has also been withheld for the reason that a criminal case under Sections 467, 468, 471, 120-B IPC and 13 (1) (d) and 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act is pending trial against him. Some of the retiral dues have been paid to the petitioner. Since the retiral dues have been partly withheld for a justifiable reason, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents that depending upon the outcome of the criminal trial, the claim of the petitioner regarding release of the balance retiral dues as well CWP No.16916 of 2010 [2] as for grant of 100% gratuity shall be considered and disposed of within a period of one month from the date of decision of the criminal trial. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. September 05, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE