IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.11169 of 2010 Date of Decision : July 13, 2010. Rajinder Singh Randhawa .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.V.K.Sandhir, 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 joined the Amritsar Improvement Trust, Amritsar on 17.9.1973 as a Junior Engineer and his services were later on merged with the Municipal Corporation, Amritsar, w.e.f. 31.12.1976. The petitioner retired from service on 30.9.2009 after attaining the age of superannuation. His grievance is that his retiral dues like Provident Fund, Gratuity, Leave Encashment, revised pension and other retiral benefits have not been paid to him despite various representations followed by a legal notice dated 26.4.2010 (Annexure P-8) served on his behalf. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner, I am of the considered view that unless there is some legal embargo, the respondents were obligated to release the retiral dues of the petitioner ordinarily within C.W.P.No .11169 of 2010 2 a period of three months from the date of retirement. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent Nos.2 & 3 to ensure that the retiral dues of the petitioner are paid within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order and/or in the event of any legal obstruction, a speaking order is passed to this effect within the stipulated period, failing which the petitioner shall be entitled for interest @ 7% per annum w.e.f. 1.1.2010 onwards. Dasti. July 13, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE