C.W.P. No.11560 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No.11560 of 2011 Date of Decision: 07.07.2011 Bakshi Ram Mahi ....Petitioner Versus General Manager (P), Union Bank of India, Mumbai and ors. ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. H.S. Brar, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers 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 ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) This is a petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of mandamus for directing the respondents to release the pension of the petitioner from the date of retirement i.e. 01.04.2010. Contends that the petitioner made an application Annexure P-7 in terms of Staff Circular No.5690 dated 27.08.2010 for the grant of pensionary benefits as per the terms of said circular within the stipulated period of 60 days. Thereafter, the petitioner made another representation on 08.11.2010 (Annexure P-8) to the Managing Director, Union Bank of India, Central Office, Mumbai. The reminder, too, was also sent on 15.12.2010 but the same is still pending and has not been decided till date. No decision on pension has been taken by the respondents qua the petitioner since his retirement. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with a C.W.P. No.11560 of 2011 2 direction to respondents No.1 and 2, who is stated to be an appropriate authority, to decide the application/representations (Annexures P-7 and P-8) as expeditiously as possible preferably within one month from the receipt of a copy of this order. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 07.07.2011 JUDGE gurpreet