IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 13641 of 2011 Date of Decision: 05.09.2011 Sukhwinder Kaur ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ..Respondents. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT Present : Mr. S.K.Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Kavita Arora, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab for the respondents. **** SURYA KANT, J.(Oral) The petitioner lost her husband on13.10.2004 when he was working as Inspector Grade-II in the office of the District Controller of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Ferozepur. Some of the retiral dues/ex-gratia benefits are yet to be paid to the petitioner and the details of those withheld payments are mentioned in the legal notice dated 25.05.2010 (Annexure P-1) served upon the respondents. No reason whatsoever for withholding of such retiral dues/ex-gratia benefits of the petitioner for such a long period has not been given so far. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the respondents to verify the claim put-forth by the petitioner, vide legal notice referred to above, and release the due payments in accordance with the rules within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (SURYA KANT) 05.09.2011 JUDGE 'ravinder'