IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 19480 of 2010 Date of decision : 23.08.2011 Dharm Pal ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJIT SINGH Present: Mr. R.S. Sangwan, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. DAG, Haryana for the State. RANJIT SINGH J. The petitioner had sought release of service pension, leave encashment, gratuity, GPF etc. sanctioned by respondent No. 5. The petitioner had also prayed for release of this amount with interest at the rate of 12% per annum with all consequential benefits. In the reply filed on behalf of respondents No. 1 to 4, it is stated that service pension, gratuity and GPF have been released to the petitioner by respondent No. 5. Leave encashment was to be released by respondent No. 4. The earned leave of the petitioner was sanctioned on 27.04.2010. Order is annexed with the reply as Annexure R-1. Thereafter, the sanction of payment of leave encahsment to the credit of the petitioner was accorded on 01.03.2011. Copy of this order has also been placed on record as Annexure R-2. The payment of amount of leave encashment was made to the petitioner vide Bill No. 391 dated 21.03.2011. Since the Civil Writ Petition No. 19480 of 2010 -2- benefits have been released to the petitioner, no case for further pursuing the writ petition is made out. Counsel for the petitioner, however, prays for short adjournment to confirm whether the amount has been released or not. If the amount has not been released, the petitioner would be at liberty to move an application for reviving the writ petition. No case for adjourning the writ petition is made out. The petitioner, if so advised, may approach the civil Court for grant of interest. August 23, 2011 (RANJIT SINGH) rts JUDGE