COCP No.1389 of 2011 (O & M) ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP No.1389 of 2011 (O & M) Date of decision: 13.10.2011 Bhajan Singh and others .... Petitioners Versus Sh. P.S. Ahujla and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. R.K. Arora, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.G.S. Cheema, Sr.D.A.G., Punjab, for respondents No.1 to 3. **** AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J.: (Oral) The grievance of the petitioners in this petition filed under Sections 11 & 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 read with Article 215 of the Constitution of India is that order dated 22nd March, 2011 passed in CWP No. 22249 of 2010 is not being complied with, as this Court had directed that the service rendered by the petitioners on daily wages basis was to be counted towards pension and pensionary benefits. It was further directed that the petitioners be allowed interest at the rate of 7% from the date of payment of the amount due till the amount due was paid. 2. On the last date of hearing, learned State counsel submitted that the petitioners were not appearing in spite of having COCP No.1389 of 2011 (O & M) ::2:: been afforded opportunities by the respondents. This fact was disputed by learned counsel for the petitioners. This Court had directed the petitioners to appear before the respondents on 19th September, 2011. 3. An affidavit on behalf of respondents No.1 to 3 has been filed in Court today. Same is taken on record. It has been stated that petitioners have submitted their pension papers on 19th September, 2011 and the Accountant General, Punjab, Chandigarh, has sanctioned pension to the petitioners on 12th October, 2011. 4. Learned State counsel submits that some amount of the pension and pensionary benefits have been paid to the petitioners and the remaining amount due shall be released to the petitioners within six weeks along with interest in terms of order dated 22nd March, 2011. 5. In view of the above, the petition has been rendered infructuous and the same is disposed of as such. (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) JUDGE October 13, 2011 sukhpreet