CWP No.8466 of 2009 : 1 : In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh. Date of decision: 28.05.2009 Kashmiri Lal Vs. State of Punjab and others CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present: Mr.Aman Dhir, Advocate,for the petitioner. Mr.BS Chahal, DAG, Punjab,for the respondents. -- PERMOD KOHLI, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. At this stage, Mr. BS Chahal, D.A.G.,Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. The petitioner retired from service with effect from 31.03.2008. His grievance is that retiral benefits like leave encashment and gratuity have not been paid till date. The petitioner made various representations, Annexures P-3 to P-6 and also served two legal notices Annexures P-2 and P-7, but no decision have been taken thereon. It appears that there is some dispute regarding the broken period in the service of the petitioner for which inter department correspondence is already on. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner will be satisfied if the respondents are directed to take a final decision on the representations/legal notices aforesaid. In view of the above, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to take a final decision on the representations Annexures P-3 to P-6 and legal notices Annexures P-2 and P-7, submitted by the petitioner within a period of four months from the date a certified CWP No.8466 of 2009 : 1 : copy of this order is made available to the competent authority. In the event, the claim of the petitioner is found genuine and valid, appropriate relief may be granted. However, if the claim of the petitioner is to be rejected, the same shall be by passing a reasoned and speaking order. 28.05.2009. (PERMOD KOHLI) BLS JUEGE