CWP No.9913 of 2011 ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.9913 of 2011 Date of decision: 31.05.2011 Krishan Lal Verma .. Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others .. Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI. Present:- Mr.Gurbachan Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. **** PERMOD KOHLI J. (ORAL) Notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr.K.S. Dadwal, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Keeping in view the nature of pleas in the petition and with the consent of the parties, this petition is being disposed of at the stage of motion itself without insisting for the reply. The petitioner has joined as Clerk in the Department of Public Instructions (SE), Punjab on 22.02.1977. The petitioner has completed more than 30 years of service and applied for voluntary retirement vide application dated 29.01.2011 (Annexure P-1). The short grievance of the petitioner is that his application for voluntary retirement (Annexure P-1) has not been CWP No.9913 of 2011 ::2:: considered by the respondents and no orders passed thereon. This petition has been filed seeking a direction in the nature of mandamus to grant approval for voluntary retirement. The petitioner has also made a representation Annexure P-4. However, no decision has been taken thereon till date. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the competent authorities to take decision on the representation made by the petitioner (Annexure P-4) within a period of two months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. In the event, the claim of the petitioner is to be rejected, it shall be by a reasoned and speaking order. (PERMOD KOHLI) May 31, 2011 JUDGE Sukhpreet