1 C.W.P. No. 9964 of 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH --- Civil Writ Petition No. 9964 of 2010 Date of Decision: May 26, 2010 Sita Ram --- Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others --- Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL *** PRESENT: Mr. Jatin Salwan, Advocate for the petitioner. --- AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. In this petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ of mandamus, directing the respondents to release the payment due to him on account of leave encashment, along with interest at the rate of 18% from the date the same became due till the final payment as the respondents had failed to consider his claim despite several representations. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner has already made a representation dated 15.11.2009 (Annexure P-7) also for the same relief as has 2 C.W.P. No. 9964 of 2010 been claimed in the present writ petition, but no action has been taken thereon by the respondents so far. He further submits that the petitioner shall feel satisfied if a direction is issued to respondent No.4 to decide the aforesaid representation, in a given time-frame. After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and perusing the record, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.4 to decide the representation (Annexures P-7) by passing a speaking order in accordance with law, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) May 26, 2010 JUDGE *RKMALIK*