IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P No.9909 of 2011 Date of Decision:14.10.2011 Danial and others .... Petitioners Versus The State of Punjab and others .... Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present: Mr. R.S. Manhas, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Ajaib Singh, A.A.G. Haryana. Mr. Kunal Mulwani, Advocate for respondents No.4 and 5. **** 1.Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers 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? NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (Oral) The petitioners have made two fold prayers. Firstly, they be granted medical allowance, dearness allowance, LTC, gratuity as per revised pay and arrears of leave encashment etc. Secondly, they should be granted pension on time i.e. in the beginning of every month. An affidavit of Manjinder Singh, Executive Officer, Municipal Corporation, Pathankot has been filed. Para 3 of the said affidavit reads as under: “That the Municipal Council, Pathankot has now become Municipal Corporation and the Municipal Corporation has not received the funds so far. With regard to the petitioners claim of fixed medical allowance, the same will be paid to them within two months and other claim of LTC and gratuity as per revised pay scale and the arrears of leave encashment and the arrears of salary, the same shall be paid after completing the paper work within six months. The petitioners will be paid the due amount towards them within six months.” C.W.P No.9909 of 2011 -2- In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of as having been rendered infructuous qua the first prayer. Respondents No.4 and 5 will be bound by the said affidavit. With respect to the second prayer, the matter is squarely covered by the judgment rendered by the Apex Court in Writ Petition (C) No.35 of 2006 decided on 30.6.2008 titled as Society of Retired Forest Officer, U.P. v. State of U.P. and others. The order of which is reads as under: “We have heard learned counsel for the petitioner parties. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, we directed that every pensioner whether he/she is employee of Government of India, State Government, Corporation or public sector is entitled to pension on the beginning of every month. The respondents are directed to ensure that every incumbent should get the pension from the Bank in first week of every month. As and when there is a revision of dearness allowance and revision should be ensured promptly and the fixation should be released as far as possible within two months of the so called revision but that revision shall not suspend the payment of pension at the old rate till its is finalized. As and when the fixation is done, the arrears should be released to the incumbent promptly within a period of two weeks. With the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of.” Thus, there is no doubt that the employees are entitled to pension on the beginning of every month. In view of the above, the present petition qua the second prayer is disposed of in the same terms as Writ Petition (C) No.35 of 2006 decided on 30.6.2008 titled as Society of Retired Forest Officer, U.P. v. State of U.P. and others. 14.10.2011 ( NIRMALJIT KAUR ) rajeev JUDGE