IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Miscellaneous No.15388 of 2009 & Civil Writ Petition No.5544 of 2009 Date of Decision: September 14, 2009 Tehal Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. D.D. Bansal, Advocate, for the applicant-petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) C.M. No.15388 of 2009 Prayer in the main writ petition is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to grant pensionary benefits, the petitioner having served the respondents for 25 years and having retired on 31.3.2008. In this application, it has been brought out that the respondents have issued Pension Payment Order dated 24.7.2009 for releasing of pension and gratuity subject to certain conditions. Under the circumstances, it CWP No.5544 of 2009 [2] has been pleaded that let the main writ petition be dismissed as withdrawn. Application is allowed. C.W.P. No.5544 of 2009 The petition is dismissed as withdrawn, however, with liberty to the petitioner to approach the Court if cause of action survives. (AJAI LAMBA) September 14, 2009 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?