CWP No.5401 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 5401 of 2010 Date of decision : 26.3.2010 Mata Sewak Singh ...Petitioner Versus P.R.T.C. and another ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL **** Present: Mr. Vikas Chatrath, Advocate, for the petitioner. **** AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. (ORAL) The petitioner has approached this Court under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to release pension, gratuity, commuted value of pension, leave encashment, arrears of dearness allowance, G.P. Fund, etc. along with 18% interest thereon, which fell due to him consequent upon his superannuation on 31.7.2009 from the respondent-Corporation in terms of the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation Employees Pension/Gratuity and General Provident Fund Regulation, 1992. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has served a legal notice dated 16.02.2010 upon the CWP No.5401 of 2010 -2- respondents ventilating his claim as set up in the writ petition on which no action has been taken so far. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioner shall feel satisfied in case a direction is issued to respondent No.2 to decide the aforesaid legal notice within a time-bound frame. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and perusing the file, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to decide the legal notice (Annexure P-4) served by the petitioner upon the respondents by passing a speaking order and after affording an opportunity of hearing to him within a period of two months from the date of receipt of certified copy of the order. It is further directed that in case any amount is found payable to the petitioner, the same shall be paid to him within two months thereafter. March 26, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) atulsethi JUDGE