C.W.P. No. 9943 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 9943 of 2011 Date of Decision : May 31, 2011 Raj Kumar .... PETITIONER Vs. State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH * * * Present : Mr. R.K.Arya, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) As per the petitioner, he retired as Junior Assistant from the office of Nagar Council, Gurdaspur on 31.05.2010. No retiral benefits including pension was released to the petitioner on his retirement. He submitted a representation dated 12.09.2010 (Annexure P-2) but the same did not have any effect. He moved an application under the Right to Information Act on 01.10.2010, whereby he was informed that the claim of the petitioner is under consideration and there were certain objections raised by the Audit Department regarding the pay fixation and pension case. The said objections have been removed by the Executive Officer, Nagar Council, Gurdaspur and the case has been re-submitted for C.W.P. No. 9943 of 2011 2 approval by the Audit Department. Persons, who were similarly situated and were also employees with the petitioner and retired after the petitioner, have been released the retiral benefits including the pension but the same relief has not been granted to the petitioner. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner, at this stage, would be satisfied if a direction is issued to the Director, Department of Local Government, Punjab-respondent No. 2 and the Executive Officer, Nagar Council, Gurdaspur-respondent No. 4 to decide his representation dated 12.09.2010 (Annexure P-2) within some specified time. If that be so, without going into the merits of the case or commenting thereon, the present writ petition is disposed of with directions to the Director, Department of Local Government, Punjab-respondent No. 2 and the Executive Officer, Nagar Council, Gurdaspur-respondent No. 4 within a period of six weeks' from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. The decision, so taken, be conveyed to the petitioner forthwith. In case, the petitioner is held entitled to the retiral benefits, as claimed by him, the same shall be released to him within a further period of four weeks. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) May 31, 2011 JUDGE pj