PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT, CHANDIGARH. *** CWP No. 138 of 2011. Date of decision: January 07, 2011. *** Jagmohan Singh Bhatti, Advocate Versus State of Punjab and others *** Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Acting Chief Justice; Hon'ble Mr. Justice Augustine George Masih. *** Present: None for the petitioner. Ms. Madhu Dayal, Addl: A.G.Punjab. *** Ranjan Gogoi, ACJ (Oral) This Public Interest Litigation has been filed seeking the appropriate directions from the Court for payment of the Ist instalment of the arrears of pension due to the pensioners of the State. The said instalment in terms of the decision of the State was required to be paid in November, 2010. It may be noticed that the 2nd and 3rd instalment of the arrear to be paid to the pensioners are required to be paid in November, 2011 and 2012 respectively. Before issuing notice of motion to the respondent-State, we had requested Ms. Madhu Dayal, learned Addl: A.G.Punjab to obtain instructions with regard to the present position of payment of the Ist instalment of arrears of pension to the pensioners. Learned Addl: A. G. Punjab has placed before us a set of written instructions received by her which would indicate that in more than 70 percent of the cases the Ist instalment of the arrears of pension have been paid and the remaining cases will be attended to latest by the end of January 2011. The said instructions further indicate that such cases that have not been settled by this time are on account of the fact that some of the pensioners are living in foreign countries and in some of the cases Life Certificates are not forthcoming. -2- In view of the position revealed by the written instructions placed before us, we do not consider it necessary to formally issue notice in this PIL. On the contrary we are of the view that this PIL should be disposed of, at this stage, in terms of the stand taken by the State Government that the Ist instalment of arrears of pension, wherever due, would be paid immediately after necessary documents of the pensioners are filed before the concerned authority. The written instructions placed before the Court be kept on the record. The PIL stands disposed of in terms of the above directions. (Ranjan Gogoi) (Acting Chief Justice) (Augustine George Masih) January 07, 2011 Judge Malik