IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.19222 of 2010 Date of Decision : October 27, 2010. Jagjit Singh .....Petitioner versus Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Virinder Kumar Shukla, 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 joined the respondent-Corporation as a Lower Division Clerk on 7.4.1975 on regular basis. He, however, absented from duty w.e.f. 23.11.1985 and thereafter never reported for duties. Meanwhile, he claimed to have resigned from service but the fact of the matter is that he continued to be absent from duty till 17.3.2010 when he suddenly moved an application to allow him to join the duties. The respondents have turned down the said application after observing that it was a case of `abandonment' of the employment and the petitioner cannot be permitted to join the duties, especially when he is due for retirement w.e.f. 31.7.2010. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner, I am of the considered view that no interference with the impugned order dated C.W.P.No .19222 of 2010 2 26.4.2010 (Annexure P-5) by this Court in exercise of its writ jurisdiction is called for. Faced with this, learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner is entitled to the retiral benefits on the basis of the service which he had rendered before `abandonment' of the employment. These benefits have been claimed by the petitioner vide legal notice dated 26.7.2010 (Annexure P-7) also. Without expressing any views on the above claimed benefits, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioner for the release of the retiral dues as per the Rules and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. October 27, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE