IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No. 21073 of 2008 Date of decision: December 16, 2008 Dr. Om Kumari Patial --- Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & others ---- Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashutosh Mohunta Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajan Gupta Present: Mr. Anil Rathee, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ashutosh Mohunta, J (Oral). The petitioner, who has retired as Principal on 28-2-2007, has prayed for issuance of direction to the respondents to release the balance amount of his gratuity. Counsel submits that for the relief claimed in this petition, the petitioner has already served a legal notice upon the respondents, which has not been decided as yet. After hearing the counsel, we dispose of the present writ petition with a direction to respondent No. 2 to decide the legal notice ( Annexure P-5) of the petitioner in accordance with law, within three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. [Ashutosh Mohunta] Judge [Rajan Gupta] Judge December 16, 2008 `ask'