IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.7826 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 03, 2010. Paramjit Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Balbir Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner has retired w.e.f. 30.9.2009 from the post of District Development and Panchayat Officer, Department of Rural Development and Panchayat, Government of Punjab. His grievance is that the retiral benefits have not been released so far despite his representation dated 15.12.2009 (Annexure P-4) followed by a legal notice dated 19.1.2010 (Annexure P-5) served on his behalf. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to the respondents to consider the petitioner's claim for the release of retiral benefits within a period of one month from the date of receiving a certified copy of this C.W.P.No .7826 of 2010 2 order, failing which the petitioner shall be entitled to interest @ 7% per annum on the retiral dues, if he is not found to be responsible for the delay caused iin releasing thereof. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. May 03, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE