Civil Writ Petition. No.895 of 1999 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition. No.895 of 1999 Decided on : 16-07-2009 Banta Singh .... Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab, Chandigarh & others .... Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL. Present:- Mr. BS Dhillon, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. JS Puri, Addl. A.G., Punjab, for respondent No.1. Mr. Aman Chaudhary, Advocate, for the respondent Nos. 2 & 3. SATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J (Oral). The petitioner, who retired as Office Superintendent from the office of DAV College, Jagraon, on attaining the age of superannuation on 31.8.2008, has filed the instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuing direction to the respondents to release his retiral benefits of leave encashment for 253 days. Counsel for the petitioner states that the issue involved in this case is squarely covered by a Division Bench judgment of this Court in CWP No. 13168 of 1996. Against the said judgment, the SLP No.11769 of 1997 titled “Managing committee, Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College, Ludhiana Vs. State of Punjab Civil Writ Petition. No.895 of 1999 -2- and another” was filed in the Hon'ble Supreme Court by the respondents, in which the stay was granted and due to this, this writ petition was admitted by this Court. Concededly, the said SLP in Civil Appeal 7629 of 1997 has been dismissed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court on February 26, 2002. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that in view of the dismissal of the said SLP, this petition may also be allowed and the respondent-Management be directed to release the leave encashment amount for 253 days to the petitioner. Learned counsel for the respondents is unable to controvert the position and conceded that the case of the petitioner is squarely covered by the said judgment. In view of these facts, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.3 to release the amount of leave encashment of 253 days to the petitioner within a period of 4 months with interest @ 7% from February, 2000. 16th July, 2009. (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL) Monika JUDGE