CWP No.10781 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. DATE OF DECISION: 26.10.2010 Radha Krishan and others ...Petitioners VERSUS Utter Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. and others …Respondents CORAM HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI PRESENT: Mr. Ravindra Jain, Advocate for the petitioners Mr.RS Kundu, Addl.A.G., Haryana for respondents Permod Kohli, J. (Oral) With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, this petition is disposed of at motion stage itself. The petitioners were engaged by the Haryana Electricity Board on work charge basis on the dates indicated in paragraph 2 of the writ petition. All of them were regularized on 15.5.1979 except petitioner no.2 who was regularized on 5.5.1985. The petitioners retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation. The short grievance of the petitioners is that their work charge period has not been counted towards the qualifying service for the purpose of retiral/pensionary benefits. In the reply filed by respondents, it is stated that the petitioners could opt to get work charge period counted by depositing share of EPF amount CWP No.10781 of 2010 2 alongwith interest accrued thereon. In the replication filed by the petitioners, it is stated that the interest amount has also been deposited by one of the petitioners and reference is made to Annexure P-16 wherein the details of the interest are given. As a matter of fact, the petitioners have also expressed their willingness to deposit any due amount of EPF and interest accrued thereon. In view of the above, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondents to count the work charge period towards the qualifying service subject to petitioners depositing any due amount of EPF and the interest accrued thereon. (PERMOD KOHLI) JUDGE 26.10. 2010 MFK CWP No.10585 of 2010 3