IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 12 of 2008 Date of Decision: April 22,2008 Raj Rani .............................................................. Petitioner Versus Government of Punjab and others ...................... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ashutosh Mohunta Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia Present: Mr. Deepak Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.Vikrant Sharma, DAG, Punjab for respondent No.1. Mr. Harsh Aggarwal, Advocate for respondent No.2. Mr. Chandan Singh Rana, Advocate for Mr. R.D.Bawa, Advocate for respondent No.3. .... ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J. Learned counsel states that the petitioner would be satisfied if this writ petition is ordered to be treated as a representation and the Directorate of Local Government, Govt. of Punjab, is directed to decide the case of the petitioner within a specified period. It is pertinent to mention that husband of the petitioner Shri B.L.Dhiman was appointed as Sanitary Inspector with the Municipal Corporation, Amritsar, on 23.5.1978. He was transferred to Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana, on 17.12.1986 and continued to serve the Municipal Corporation, Ludhiana, till his retirement on 20.2.2005. The husband of the petitioner expired on 23.10.2007. Although the pensionary benefits due to the husband of the petitioner have been released but the period which Shri B.L.Dhiman served with Municipal Corporation, Amritsar, i.e. from [ 2 ] C.W.P. No. 12 of 2008 23.5.1978 to 17.12.1986 has not been taken into consideration for computation of pension. Counsel for the petitioner submits that this period be taken into consideration while calculating the pensionary benefits. For this relief, the petitioner has been filing representations which have been annexed as Annexures P3 to P-20. After hearing the counsel for the parties, we dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the Directorate of Local Government, Government of Punjab, to treat this writ petition as a representation and decide the same within a period of one month from today. In case the petitioner is found entitled to the relief as claimed in this writ petition, than the pensionary benefits of her deceased husband be re-fixed and the arrears be paid to the petitioner within a period of one month of the said decision. ( ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA ) JUDGE ( KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA ) 22.4.2008 JUDGE rupi