IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.5135 of 2011 Date of Decision : March 22, 2011. Jagdish Lal Midha .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and Ors. .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr. Peeush Gagneja, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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) The petitioner retired as Sanitary Inspector from the Municipal Council, Abohar w.e.f. 28.2.1998 on attaining the age of superannuation. He seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to count the service rendered by him w.e.f. 14.2.1960 to 8.9.1969 towards qualifying service for the purpose of retiral benefits. Suffice it to mention that during the above mentioned period, the petitioner served the Municipal Councils Malout, Kalka and Ropar as Vaccinator, Assistant Sanitary Inspector and Sanitary Inspector. The above stated benefit has been claimed by the petitioner vide a legal notice dated 24.9.2010 (Annexure P-7) also, to which no response has been received by him so far. C.W.P.No . 5135 of 2011 2 In these circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent Nos.2 to 4 to consider the claim of the petitioner as contained in the legal notice dated 24.9.2010 and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 22, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE