IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 15150 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : 20.10.2009 Om Parkash and others .... PETITIONERS Versus The Pepsu Road Transport Corporation and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Vikas Singh, Advocate, for the petitioners. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioners, who are the retired employees of the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation, have filed the instant petition for issuing direction to the respondents to pay the gratuity and other unpaid retiral benefits. Counsel for the petitioners states that he confines the prayer made in this petition only qua petitioners No. 2, 3 and 7 to 10, whereas the petition qua petitioners No.1 and 4 to 6 may be permitted to be withdrawn with liberty to file fresh one. Counsel for the petitioners contends that the petitioners are entitled for gratuity under the Pepsu Road Transport Corporation Employees Pension/Gratuity and General Provident Fund Regulations, 1992 CWP No. 15150 of 2009 -2- and the provisions of the Gratuity Act, 1972 are not applicable, as exemption has been granted to the PRTC. Counsel contends that in this regard, the petitioners had made detailed representation dated 31.7.2009, copy of which has been annexed with the petition as Annexure P-8, but till date the same has not been considered and decided. Counsel states that at this stage, the petitioners will be satisfied if a direction is issued to the General Manager, Pepsu Road Transport Corporation Depot, Chandigarh – respondent No.5, to decide the said representation within a reasonable time. In view of the above, without issuing notice of motion as it will un-necessary delay the matter, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.5 to consider and decide the representation dated 31.7.2009 (Annexure P-8) only qua petitioners No.2, 3 and 7 to 10, in accordance with law, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of the certified copy of this order. Petition qua petitioners No. 1 and 4 to 6 is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file fresh one. October 20, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE