IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP NO. 1073 OF 2009 DATE OF DECISION: 22.1.2009 Gurbax Singh ...Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab & Others …Respondents CORAM HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI PRESENT: Mr.R.K.Dadwal, Advocate for the petitioner Permod Kohli, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. On the asking of this Court, Ms.Charu Tuli, Sr. DAG, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the respondents-State. With the consent of the counsel, this petition is disposed of at motion stage. The petitioner retired as Deputy Collector on 30.6.1991. Though the petitioner has been paid pension for the post of Zilledar, his grievance is that he has not been paid pension for the post of Deputy Collector as also the increments and the benefits of Proficiency Step Up etc. The petitioner has served various representations (Annexures P-3, P-10 and P-11) and even legal notices (Annexures P-7 and P-15). From the inter-department communication, it appears that the petitioner's service book is not traceable. It is the responsibility of the respondents to prepare the duplicate service book, if the original one is not traceable, on the basis of service record of CWP NO. 1073 OF 2009 :2: the petitioner. Under the given circumstances, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to trace out the service book of the petitioner immediately and in the event his service book is not traceable, the respondents are directed to prepare duplicate service book. The respondents are also directed to take a decision on the claim of the petitioner on the basis of representations/legal notices served by the petitioner. Needless to say, in the event the claim of the petitioner is to be rejected, it should be by a reasoned and speaking order. Let the needful be done within a period of three months of the receipt of a certified copy of this order. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 22.1.2009 MFK