C.W.P. No. 7863 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 7863 of 2011 Date of Decision : May 04, 2011 Reshma Devi .... PETITIONER Vs. State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH * * * Present : Mr. P.K.Goklaney, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) Counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner has not been granted the full retiral benefits and for that claim, the petitioner has already submitted a legal notice through her counsel on 28.12.2010 (Annexure P-2). After the submission of that legal notice, another right has been accrued to the petitioner which is based upon the instructions issued by the State of Punjab dated 13.10.2010, according to which, since the husband of the petitioner died in harness, she is entitled to ex-gratia amount of at least ` 1, 00,000/-. He, on this basis, submits that the petitioner would make a detailed representation claiming her benefits within a period of 15 days' from today and a time bound direction may be issued to consider and decide the same. C.W.P. No. 7863 of 2011 2 Without going into the merits of the case or commenting thereon, the present writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file a detailed representation claiming benefits, which she is entitled to, which may include pensionary benefits as well as ex-gratia claim within a period of 15 days' from today. On submission of such representation, the Executive Officer, Municipal Council, Kotakpura, District Faridkot- respondent No. 3 shall consider and decide the same within a period of two months' from such submission. In case, the petitioner is held entitled to the claim she has made, the same shall be disbursed to her within a further period of four weeks. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) May 04, 2011 JUDGE pj