IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CASE NO.: CWP No.5978 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION: May 6, 2008 SURINDER SYAL ...PETITIONER VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB & OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. PRESENT: MR. ARUN SINGLA, ADVOCATE FOR MR. PARVEEN KUMAR, ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONER. MR. YATINDER SHARMA, DAG, PUNJAB. MR. C.L. SHARMA, ADVOCATE FOR RESPONDENT NO.3. ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J.(ORAL) The petitioner has prayed that directions be issued to respondent No.3 to pay the entire arrears with regard to retiral benefits. The petitioner has retired as Lecturer in Hindi on 31.1.1999. Despite the fact that the petitioner retired in the year 1999, he was not paid his retiral dues. Resultantly, the petitioner filed CWP No.16473 of 2000 claiming arrears of pay and allowance due to revision of grades w.e.f. 1.1.1996. The writ petition was disposed of with a direction to decide his representation. As the petitioner did not receive his entire dues, therefore, he filed another writ petition, i.e. CWP No.5205 of 2003, which was allowed and the respondents were directed to release the arrears of salary as per his entitlement within 2 months from the date of receipt of certified copy of the order. Now again the petitioner has filed this writ petition wherein it has been averred that all the dues have not been paid. CWP No.5978 of 2008 -2- Vide order dated 8.4.2008, we had asked Sh. Janmit Singh, Principal, DAV College, Hoshiarpur to be present in Court today. The Principal is present in Court and states that all the retiral dues of the petitioner have already been paid to him. It has been stated that the petitioner has been paid the entire gratuity, leave encashment as well as arrears of pay revision alongwith interest at the rate of 9% per annum and hence nothing remains to be paid. A detailed reply by way of affidavit of the Principal has also been filed in Court which is taken on record. In view of the fact that all the retiral dues have been paid to the petitioner, hence nothing survives in the writ petition and the same is dismissed. However, in case the petitioner is still aggrieved with regard to non-payment of any retiral dues, he may file a civil suit, if so advised. (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA) JUDGE May 6, 2008 (KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA) Gulati JUDGE