IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.2504 of 2011 Date of Decision : February 10, 2011. Pritam Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Rajesh K.Dadwal, 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 from the post of Junior Assistant from the Municipal Council, Gurdaspur w.e.f. 31st March, 2007 on attaining the age of superannuation. His grievance is that the retiral dues have been fixed by counting his service w.e.f. 14.8.1977 only when he was adjusted against the regular post. The petitioner had in fact joined the Municipal Council, Gurdaspur as an Octroi Clerk on 26.6.1972 but it appears that his services were terminated which prompted him to raise an industrial dispute. The matter was compromised before the Labour Court and pursuant thereto, the petitioner joined the services of the Municipal Council, Gurdaspur on 22.7.1974. The petitioner now seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents C.W.P.No .2504 of 2011 2 to count his service with effect from the date of his initial joining with the Municipal Council i.e. 26.6.1972. In this regard the petitioner has already represented the respondent-authorities on 14.10.2010 (Annexure P-2), followed by a legal notice dated 5.1.2011 (Annexure P-3) to which there is no response so far. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and if the facts as pleaded were true, it appears that the petitioner would be entitled to get his service counted w.e.f. 22.7.1974. In any case, it is obligated upon the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioner as contained in his legal notice dated 5.1.2011. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent Nos.2 to 4 to consider the claim of the petitioner as contained in the legal notice dated 5.1.2011 and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order within period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. February 10, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE