IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.2801 of 2010 Date of Decision : February 17, 2010. Harbans Kaur .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Dr.M.L.Sachdeva, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers 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? --- ORDER Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner has retired from the Education Department, Government of Punjab on 31.12.2005 on attaining the age of superannuation. She seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to release the final payment of her General Provident Fund. It appears that the petitioner remained on leave or absented from duty for a period of near about two years which was later on treated as `dies-none' period. The petitioner claims that since there are leave credited to her account, the period of `dies-none' can be converted into leave of the kind due. No decision in this regard appears to have been taken by the Competent Authority and as a result thereto, the petitioner has C.W.P.No .2801 of 2010 2 been deprived of the monetary benefits referred to above. In this regard, the petitioner is said to have sent a legal notice dated 06.1.2009 (Annexure P-8) but without any response. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and keeping in view the nature of relief sought and the plea of the petitioner that there are leave credited to her account which can be utilized to convert the `dies- none' period to be leave of the kind due, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to respondent Nos.2 & 3 to take cognizance of the legal notice dated 6.1.2009 (Annexure P-8) served on behalf of the petitioner and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order as early as possible, preferably within a period of 4 months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. 17-02-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE