IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.12277 of 2010 Date of Decision : July 15, 2010. Tilak Raj .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.R.S.Manhas, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner retired as a Clerk from the Municipal Council, Pathankot w.e.f. 30.6.2006 on attaining the age of superannuation. After his retirement, the 5th Punjab Pay Commission came into force and the pay scales were revised retrospectively w.e.f. 1.1.2006. The petitioner is obviously entitled to the arrears of pay for the period he remained in service before his retirement as well as the revised pension and other retiral benefits which have not been paid to him so far despite the representation dated 27.2.2010 (Annexure P-2) made by him. In these circumstances, however, without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner's claim, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent Nos.2 to 4 to C.W.P.No .12277 of 2010 2 consider and dispose of the petitioner's pending claim by passing a speaking order, within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order, failing which the petitioner shall be entitled to interest @ 7% per annum which shall be personally recoverable from Executive Officer, Municipal Council, Pathankot-respondent No.4. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. July 15, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE