IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MAY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 9627 of 2009 Between: K.Maruti Mohan, S/o. Subramaniam, Kauthalam Large Scale Cooperative Society, R/o. Kauthalam Mandal, Kurnool District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 The Govt., of A.P. repby its Secretary Cooperation Department, Secretariat, Hyderabad. 2 The District Collector, Kurnool District, Kurnool. 3 The District Cooperative Officer , Kurnool District, Kurnool. 4 The Divisional Cooperative Officer , Adoni, Kurnool. 5 The General Manager, Kurnool District , Cooperative Central Bank, Ltd., Kurnool . 6 The Kauthalam Large Scale Cooperative Society, rep.by its President, Kauthalam Mandal, Kurnool District. .RESPONDENTS Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.G.SEKHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondents:--- The Court made the following : O R D E R: This writ petition is filed for a writ of Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in not releasing the retirement benefits to the petitioner as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner retired as Paid Secretary in respondent No.3- Society on 31-10-2008. While he was in service, he was involved in surcharge proceedings. According to the petitioner, his liability was eventually determined at Rs.1,09,548.77 ps, whereas he is entitled to receive a sum of Rs.8,75,101/- towards the retirement benefits such as provident fund, gratuity and interest on the deposits. As the said amounts have not been released, the petitioner claimed to have made representation dated 12-01-2009 to respondent No.3. The grievance of the petitioner is that so far, neither the retirement benefits have been released in his favour nor any order has been passed. Inasmuch as the petitioner has a right to receive his retirement benefits subject to the right of respondent No.3 to deduct the amounts, which are recoverable in accordance with law there from, respondent No.3 cannot sit tight over the petitioner’s representation without taking a decision. In this view of the matter the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to respondent No.3 to dispose of representation dated 12-01-2009 for payment of retirement benefits to the petitioner and pass an appropriate order within a period of four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As a sequel to disposal of the main petition, WPMP No.12533 of 2009 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 1st May, 2009 vrn