C.W.P. No.20906 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No.20906 of 2011 Date of Decision: 16.12.2011 Jaswant Rai and others ....Petitioners Versus State Bank of India and others ...Respondents CORAM : Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present:- Mr. R.S. Mamli, Advocate for the petitioners. ***** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers 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 ? ** NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) The prayer of the petitioner in the present petition is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to give the benefit to the petitioners i.e for counting five years additional service at the time of giving benefit for Volunteer Retirement Scheme and to give all consequential benefits as given to the other employees of various banks. Contends that all the petitioners have completed 20 years of service. They took voluntary retirement and are, therefore, entitled to the benefit of Section 29(5) of the Pension Regulation, vide which, the benefit of additional five years of notional service in calculating the length of service for the purpose of pension is to be counted. It is further contended that the matter is squarely covered by the judgment rendered by Hon'ble the Apex Court in the case titled as C.W.P. No.20906 of 2011 2 Bank of India and another vs. K. Mohan Das and others reported as 2009(5) Supreme Court Cases 313. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners will be satisfied if the matter is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider their representation (Annexure P-1). In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to decide the said representation (Annexure P-1), as expeditiously as possible, preferably within two months from the receipt of a copy of this order. However, in case, the petitioners are found entitled for the said relief, the same shall be released forthwith. In case, the claim of the petitioners is to be rejected, the same shall be by passing a speaking order. (NIRMALJIT KAUR) 16.12.2011 JUDGE gurpreet