Civil Writ Petition No.18873 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.18873 of 2008 Decided on : 24-08-2009 Harbhagwan Garg ....Petitioner VERSUS Principal Secretary to the Govt. of Punjab, Chandigarh & others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL. Present:- Mr. A.P. Bhandari, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. J.S. Puri, Addl. A.G., Punjab, for the respondents. SATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J (ORAL) The petitioner has filed the instant petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuing direction to the respondents to release his pension after taking into consideration his service period from 3.5.1965 to 23.8.1977. In the written statement, which has been filed by way of short affidavit, it has been stated that the Government has decided to give the benefit of the said service period to the petitioner, and the needful will be done on depositing the contributory fund by the petitioner, within a period of three months. Counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner will deposit the contributory fund for the said period with the respondents Civil Writ Petition No.18873 of 2008 -2- as calculated by them within a period of one month. If the said amount is deposited by the petitioner within a period of one month, the respondents are directed to release the said benefit to him within two months thereafter. Disposed of in above terms. 24th August, 2009. (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL) Monika JUDGE