IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3890 of 2011 Date of Decision : March 04, 2011. Sukhmandar Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Virinder Kumar Shukla, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Monica Chhibber Sharma, DAG, Punjab. -.- 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) Notice of motion. Ms.Monica Chhibber Sharma, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Let four copies of the writ petition be handed over to her during the course of day. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter-reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner joined the service as a Panchayat Secretary in the Panchayat Samiti, Baghapurana, District Moga, on 7.7.1971 and has retired from the post of Panchayat Officer w.e.f. 31.3.2010 on attaining the age of superannuation. C.W.P.No .3890 of 2011 2 The petitioner's grievance is that though the Leave Encashment, Gratuity, Provident Fund etc. have been paid but his pension is yet to be released even when more than a year has passed after retirement. The petitioner has also served the respondents with a demand notice dated 5.1.2011 (Annexure P-2) but without any response thereto. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent Nos.2 to 4 to consider the above-mentioned claim of the petitioner and if he is found entitled to, release the pension alongwith the arrears within a period of two months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order, failing which the petitioner shall be entitled to interest 6% per annum. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 04, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE