IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 6383 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : 28.04.2009 Jia Lal Verma .... PETITIONER Versus State of Haryana and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. S.K. Bansal, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. The petitioner, who has retired as UDC in Audit Branch, UHVPN, Office of Chief Auditor, Hissar, on 31.1.1999, has filed the instant petition for issuing direction to the respondents to grant him pension and other pensionary benefits instead of E.P.F. benefits. Undisputedly, the petitioner was the member of E.P.F. Scheme since 1963. When in the year 1993, the pension scheme was introduced by the respondent Board, options were sought from the employees to switch over from EPF to pension scheme. Concededly, at no point of time, till the date of his retirement, the petitioner opted for the pension scheme. He retired on 31.1.1999. At that time, he was member of EPF scheme and after his retirement, he had withdrawn the EPF deposit at his credit. After eight CWP No. 6383 of 2009 -2- years of his retirement, the petitioner filed representation (Annexure P-5) on 15.2.1999, requesting the respondents to permit him to switch over to the pension scheme, on depositing the benefit of EPF drawn by him with interest. After hearing counsel for the petitioner, I do not find any reason to direct the respondents to permit the petitioner to switch over to the pension scheme at this belated stage, particularly when throughout his service period, he did not opt for the pensionary scheme, in spite of the offer given to him. Dismissed. April 28, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE