CWP No. 15495 of 2011 -1- IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 15495 of 2011 Date of Decision :24.08.2011 Parkash Chand .......... Petitioner Versus Food Corporation of India & others ...... Respondents **** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present : Mr. Vipin Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner. **** AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH,J. (ORAL) Counsel for the petitioner contends that despite the petitioner having retired on 31.7.2010 and all disciplinary proceedings having ended and as of today there being no case pending against the petitioner, he has not been granted any retiral benefit. He further contends that the petitioner was entitled to the grant of Selection Grade in the year 2001 for which the petitioner had been althrough representing and the representation is dated 18.7.2011 (Annexure P-4) but no decision has been taken or conveyed to the petitioner. He contends that the petitioner had finally served a legal notice dated 13.5.2011 (Annexure P-9), which has been forwarded by the District Manager, Food Corporation of India, District Office, Gurdaspur, Punjab - respondent No.3 to the General Manager,Food Corporation of India, (Regional) Regional Office Punjab, Bay No. 34-38, Sector 31-A, Chandigarh-respondent No.2 vide letter dated 24.5.2011, but no decision till date has been taken and conveyed to the petitioner. He contends that CWP No. 15495 of 2011 -2- the petitioner at this stage would be satisfied if a time bound direction be issued to the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioner as made by him in his representation (Annexure P-4) and legal notice (Annexure P- 9) within some specified time. Without going into the merits of the case or commenting thereon the present writ petition is disposed of with directions the General Manager,Food Corporation of India, (Regional) Regional Office Punjab, Bay No. 34-38, Sector 31-A, Chandigarh-respondent No.2 and the District Manager, Food Corporation of India, District Office, Gurdaspur, Punjab - respondent No.3 to consider the claim of the petitioner as submitted and put forth by him in his representation dated 18.7.2011 with regard to grant of Selection Grade within a period of three month from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order and the consequential benefits, if the petitioner is entitled to, be released to him within a further period of four weeks. The legal notice dated 3.5.2011 submitted by the petitioner for grant of his retiral benefits which is stated to have been forwarded by the District Manager, Food Corporation of India, District Office, Gurdaspur, Punjab - respondent No.3 to the General Manager,Food Corporation of India, (Regional) Regional Office Punjab, Bay No. 34-38, Sector 31-A, Chandigarh-respondent No.2, shall be considered and decided by him within a period of two months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. In case the petitioner is held entitled to the said claim, the consequential benefits be released to him within a period of four weeks thereafter. 24.08.2011 (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH) 'sp' JUDGE