C.W.P. No. 6946 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 6946 of 2011 Date of Decision : April 25, 2011 Prem Singh Sodhi .... PETITIONER Vs. State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH * * * Present : Mr. S.K.Chawla, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has retired as Deputy Controller, Finance and Accounts, Improvement Trust, Bathinda on 30.11.2010 but no retiral benefits have been released to him till date despite he completing all the formalities as required by the respondents. For the claim, which has been made by the petitioner in the present writ petition, the petitioner has already served upon the respondents a legal notice dated 15.12.2010 (Annexure P-1) and thereafter, further reminders but no response has been received on the same. He states that at this stage, the petitioner would be satisfied if a direction is issued to decide his legal notice dated 15.12.2010 (Annexure P-1) within some specified time. C.W.P. No. 6946 of 2011 2 Without going into the merits of the case nor commenting thereon, a direction is issued to the Director, Local Government, Punjab, Chandigarh-responden No. 2 to consider and decide the legal notice dated 15.12.2010 (Annexure P-1) within a period of two months' from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. In case, the petitioner is held entitled to the relief claimed by him, the same be released within a period of one month from the date of the decision on the legal notice. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) April 25, 2011 JUDGE pj