C.W.P. No. 9501 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 9501 of 2011 Date of Decision : May 26, 2011 Som Nath .... PETITIONER Vs. State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH * * * Present : Mr. Puneet Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) It is the contention of the petitioner that he was appointed as a Peon/Sewadar in the Municipal Council, Batala on 01.06.1975. He was promoted as a Clerk on 02.06.1992 and retired as such on 31.01.2011 from Municipal Council, Batala. After the retirement of the petitioner, the petitioner has only been paid leave encashment and the GPF out of the retiral benefits. The medical reimbursement amounting to ` 1,06,100/-, which was sanctioned by the Director, Local Bodies, Chandigarh vide letter dated 10.12.2010, has also not been released to the petitioner. The petitioner earlier submitted representations to the respondents but when no C.W.P. No. 9501 of 2011 2 response was received from the respondents, the petitioner was forced to serve a legal notice dated 15.04.2011 (Annexure P-7). Counsel for the petitioner contends that the petitioner, at this stage, would be satisfied if a direction is issued to the respondents to consider and decide the legal notice dated 15.04.2011 (Annexure P-7) within some specified time. If that be so, the present writ petition is disposed of with directions to the Regional Deputy Director, Urban Local Bodies-respondent No. 3 to consider the legal notice dated 15.04.2011 (Annexure P-7) with regard to the claim of the petitioner for the pensionary benefits and a further direction is issued to the Executive Officer/President, Municipal Council, Batala-respondent No. 4 to decide the claim of the petitioner with regard to the medical reimbursement as claimed by the petitioner in the said legal notice within a further period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. The order, so passed, be conveyed to the petitioner forthwith. The dues, if any, to the petitioner be released to him within a further period of one month. Payment of the retiral dues with regard to the arrears of pay revision shall be made as per letter dated 29.09.2010 passed by the Government of Punjab. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) May 26, 2011 JUDGE pj C.W.P. No. 9501 of 2011 3