IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** C.W.P. No.15324 of 2011 Date of Decision:14.09.2011 Virsa Singh .....Petitioner Vs. State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE DAYA CHAUDHARY Present:- Mr. J.C. Malik, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. L.S. Virk, DAG, Punjab. Mr. Anupam Singla, Advocate for the respondents. **** DAYA CHAUDHARY, J.(Oral) Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner retired on 31.10.2010 and an undertaking was given by counsel for PRTC before this Court in C.W.P. No.19084 of 2009 decided on 3.3.2011 that retiral benefits have been paid to the employees who have retired on 31.10.2010 and gratuity has also been released to those retirees and in spite of giving that undertaking, nothing has been paid to the petitioner. Learned counsel appearing for respondents No.2 and 3 seeks time to get instructions. Since the petitioner retired on 31.10.2010 and a statement has already been made by counsel appearing for PRTC in C.W.P. No.19084 of 2009 that retiral benefits have been paid to all the employees who have retired on 31.10.2010. It has also been stated by him that even the gratuity has also been released to the retirees who have retired between 1.10.2010 and 31.12.2010. C.W.P. No.15324 of 2011 -2- In view of the statement made in the above-said petition, the present petition is also disposed of with a direction to the respondents to release the retiral benefits including gratuity along with interest at the statutory rate (as ordered in the C.W.P.. No.19084 of 2009) to the petitioner within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of copy of the order, failing which, the petitioner is at liberty to initiate contempt proceedings against the respondents. September 14, 2011 ( DAYA CHAUDHARY ) renu JUDGE