CWP No. 5651 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No. 5651 of 2008 Date of decision: November 20, 2008 Smt. Ram Lubhai --- Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ---- Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashutosh Mohunta Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. RL Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. BS Chahal, DAG, Punjab. Ashutosh Mohunta, J (Oral). The petitioner prays for issuance of directions to respondents No.1 & 2 to consider and count the service rendered by her from 12-2-1969 to 22-11-1972 with the State of Haryana/respondent No.3 as also for granting revised pension accordingly. The petitioner was serving as a Social Studies mistress in the State of Haryana in the year 1969. She made a request to the Government of Punjab through respondent No.3 to transfer her services to the State of Punjab. Her request was accepted on 17-11-1972 on the basis of her application for transfer on permanent basis. Vide letter Annexure P1, petitioner was transferred to the State of Punjab and it was specifically mentioned therein as follows: “Since you will be transferred to Punjab Government services on your own request and in your own interest, you will not be entitled to claim from the Punjab Government any service benefit regarding pension, gratuity, leave etc. for the service rendered in Haryana State”. Counsel for the petitioner submits that since the petitioner has rendered service from 12-2-1969 to 22-11-1972 in the State of CWP No. 5651 of 2008 2 Haryana, therefore, this service period be counted for computing her pension. Reply on behalf of respondents No.1 & 2 has been filed in Court today, which is taken on record. Counsel for respondents No.1 & 2 submits that the petitioner had herself given an undertaking that she will not be entitled to claim from the Government of Punjab any service benefit i.e. pension, gratuity, leave etc. for the services rendered by her in the State of Haryana. In view of the aforementioned undertaking given by the petitioner, she is not entitled to the relief claimed by her. There is no merit in the present petition, which is accordingly dismissed. [Ashutosh Mohunta] Judge [Rajan Gupta] Judge November 20, 2008 `ask'