CWP No.13924 of 2010 -1- In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh Date of decision: 06.08.2010 Dharamwati ... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present: Ms. Monisha Lamba, Advocate,for the petitioner. Mr.RS Kundu, Addl. AG, Haryana, for the respondents. PERMOD KOHLI, J. (Oral): Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr.RS Kundu, Addl. AG, Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Requisite number of copies of the paper-book have been supplied him today in Court. With the consent of the learned counsel for the parties, this petition is disposed of at the motion stage. The husband of the petitioner, namely, Rattan Singh, was working as Foreman with the respondent department. He retired from service on 30.06.2006 on attaining the age of superannuation. It is alleged that the deceased employee was not released any of the retiral benefits till his death on 21.12.2006. The petitioner accordingly served a Legal Notice dated 27.12.2007 (Annexure P-3) for the release of the retiral benefit of her deceased husband. The above said legal notice was followed by another representation dated 31.01.2010 (Annexure P-4). Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner CWP No.13924 of 2010 -2- would be satisfied if the respondents are directed to decide the legal notice/representation aforesaid. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to decide the legal notice/representation mentioned above within a period of three months from the date a certified copy of this order is made available to the competent authority. Needless to say, in the event the claim of the petitioner is to be rejected, the same shall be by a speaking and reasoned order. 06.08.2010 (PERMOD KOHLI) BLS JUDGE