C.W.P. No.17279 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No.17279 of 2011 Date of Decision: 15.09.2011 Smt. Shakuntla Chaudhary ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. Yogesh Chaudhary, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. This is a petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to release the retiral benefits of the petitioner including the amounts of gratuity, pension, leave encashment and the other related dues along with penal interest from the date of retirement dated 30.04.2009 till the date of payment. The petitioner is stated to have been retired from the post of Lecturer on attaining the age of superannuation on 30.04.2009. More than two years and five months have already been expired from the date of her retirement. Till date, she has not been paid any of her retiral/pensionary benefits even including the amounts of gratuity, leave encashment, provident fund etc. and nor even the monthly pension is being paid to her by the respondent authorities. A written application in this regard was made C.W.P. No.17279 of 2011 2 to respondent No.3 on 18.07.2009. Still her pension and other retiral benefits have not been released. Various reminders were also sent. Finally, on 14.07.2011, a notice was served upon the respondent authorities. The said notice has also not been decided. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the appropriate authority to consider the present petition as a comprehensive representation of the petitioner and decide the same as expeditiously as possible preferably within one month from the receipt of a copy of this order. However, in case, the petitioner is found entitled for the said benefits, the same shall be released forthwith and in case, the claim of the petitioner is to be rejected, the same shall be by passing a speaking order. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 15.09.2011 JUDGE gurpreet