IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No.9523 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION: JULY 03, 2009 Mehar Chand .....PETITIONER Versus Food Corporation of India and others ....RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL --- Present: Mr.Ravindra Jain, Advocate, for the petitioner. .. SATISH KUMAR MITTAL, J. (Oral) The petitioner, who has retired from the services of the Food Corporation of India as AG-II (M) on 30.9.2004 on attaining the age of superannuation, has filed this instant petition for issuing direction to the respondents to fix his pension in view of the FCI (Staff) Regulations, 1971. It is the case of the petitioner that even after expiry of five years' period, the respondents have neither fixed his pension nor paid the same to him till date. Earlier the petitioner had served a legal notice, which was replied by respondent No.1 in which it was admitted that his pension case has been sent to the FCI HQ, CPF Division, New Delhi for onward transmission to the RPFC, New Delhi, which is the competent authority to sanction the pension. Again the petitioner served a legal notice dated 23.9.2008, copy of which has been annexed with the petition as Annexure P7. It is further the case of the petitioner that till date the RPFC, New Delhi has not taken any decision on the said legal notice. C.W.P. No.9523 of 2009 -2- In view of these facts, without issuing notice to the other side as it will unnecessary delay the matter, this petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to consider and decide the legal notice (Annexure P7) served by the petitioner expeditiously, preferably within a period of three months, by passing a speaking order, in accordance with law. July 03, 2009 (SATISH KUMAR MITTAL) vkg JUDGE