1 C.W.P. No. 3164 of 2010 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH --- Civil Writ Petition No. 3164 of 2010 Date of Decision: February 23, 2010 Harjinder Singh ……………… Petitioner Versus Punjab State Electricity Board through its Secretary and others……. Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL *** PRESENT: Mr. V.K. Shukla, Advocate for the petitioner. --- AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. In this petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has, inter alia, prayed for issue of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to release the retiral benefits accrued to him on account of pension, commutation of pension, gratuity and leave encashment and also to grant him the benefit of the Promotional Scale available on completion of 9 and 16 years of service as per policy of the respondent-Board, dated 23.4.1990, Annexure P-1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that when the requests made by the petitioner to the respondents for grant of the aforesaid benefits did not yield any fruit, he ultimately served a 2 C.W.P. No. 3164 of 2010 notice of demand on them, dated 20.1.2010, a copy whereof has been attached to this petition as Annexure P-2, but the respondents have not taken any decision thereon till date. Learned counsel further submitted that the petitioner would feel satisfied if a direction is issued by this Court to the respondents to consider and take final decision on the grievances made by the petitioner in the notice of demand, Annexure P-2, within a fixed time frame. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Secretary, Punjab State Electricity Board, Patiala to consider and pass appropriate speaking order on the matters raised by the petitioner in the notice of demand, Annexure P-2, served by him on the respondents, within three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) February 23, 2010 JUDGE *RKMALIK*