IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 8969 of 2004 ( O&M ) DATE OF DECISION : 30.03.2009 Nirmalendu Chowdhury .... PETITIONER Versus Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and another ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Arun Nehra, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. K.S. Sidhu, Senior Advocate, with Mr. G.S. Sidhu, Advocate, for the respondents. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner, who has retired as Professor of Helminthology from the Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, has filed this petition for issuing direction to the respondents to quash the orders dated 8.7.2002, 29.11.2002, 22.1.2003 and 7.7.2003, whereby his request for shifting to the pension scheme has been declined. Undisputedly, the pension scheme was introduced in the respondents University in the month of November, 1991. Thereafter, options were sought from the employees thrice. Undisputedly, the petitioner till his retirement did not opt for the pensionary scheme. CWP No. 8969 of 2004 -2- After hearing counsel for the parties, when this court is not inclined to interfere in the impugned rejection of the claim of the petitioner, counsel for the petitioner confines his prayer that the respondents be directed to release the Contributory Provident Fund of the petitioner, which has not been released so far. Counsel for the respondents states that the Contributory Provident Fund of the petitioner will be released within two months. In view of the aforesaid statements of counsel for the parties, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to release the Contributory Provident Fund of the petitioner within two months, with statutory interest, subject to the completion of all the formalities in this regard by the petitioner. March 30, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE