IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP No. 1188 of 2011 Date of Decision: 31.10.2011 Smt. Surinder Kaur and others ...Petitioners Versus Venu Parshad and another ..Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT Present : Mr. P.C.Arora, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. M.C.Berry, Addl. Advocate General, Punjab, for the respondents. **** SURYA KANT, J.(Oral) Respondents No.1 and 2 have filed their separate replies/affidavits and as per the averments made in para No.3 of the affidavit filed by respondent No.2 a fact finding enquiry was held in which the claim of the petitioners was found genuine and based thereupon the amount of service benefits, to which they are entitled to, has been assessed. Their cases regarding release of pension and gratuity have been sent to the office of the Accountant General, Punjab. In this view of the matter, the contempt proceedings are dropped, however, with a classificatory direction that pension along with arrears and gratuity be released to the petitioners within a period of one month and if any other amount already sanctioned has not been actually released, the same shall be released to them within the said period. Rule discharged. 31.10.2011 (SURYA KANT) 'ravinder' JUDGE