Civil Writ Petition No. 2769 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 2769 of 2010 Date of decision: 17th February, 2010 Ramesh Rajpoot .........Petitioner vs State of Haryana & others .......Respondents CORAM: - HONB'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present: - Mr. Johan Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. R.K.S. Brar, Addl. AG, Haryana .......... PERMOD KOHLI, J.(ORAL) ......... Notice of motion. Mr. R. K.S. Brar, Addl. A.G. Haryana accepts notice on behalf of the respondents-State. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner retired on 3.9.2009 from the post of Assistant Cane Development Officer from Narwana Distt. Jind. It is further alleged that since the petitioner died during the course of proceedings, his wife applied for grant of benefits along with necessary documents on 23.7.2009. However, the retiral benefits of the petitioner have not been paid, the petitioner after making a representation (Annexure P-1) also served a legal notice (Annexure P-3) to the respondents but no decision has been taken thereon till date. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner will be satisfied if the respondents are directed to decide the representation/legal notice served by the petitioner. Civil Writ Petition No. 2769 of 2010 2 In view of the above, writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to decide the representation/legal notice served by the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. The admissible retiral benefits may be released in favour of the petitioner within one week. Needless to say, in the event, the claim of the petitioner is to be rejected on any count, the same shall be by a reasoned and speaking order. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 16.2.2010 preeti