IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.2277 of 2011 Date of Decision : February 07, 2011. Avtar Singh Brar .....Petitioner versus The Punjab State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Limited .....Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Ajay Mahajan, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Jasjeet Singh, Advocate, for Mr.H.S.Brar, Addl. A.G. Punjab, for the respondent. -.- 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) Notice of motion. Mr.Jasjeet Singh, Advocate for Mr.H.S.Brar, Additional Advocate General, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the respondent. Let two copies of the writ petition be handed-over to learned counsel for the respondent during the course of day. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter reply from the respondent at this stage. The petitioner joined the respondent-Punjab State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation Limited (for short `the Markfed') on 3.3.1980 as Senior Branch Officer at Guru Har Sahai and retired on 31.12.2008 on attaining the age of superannuation. Since the retiral C.W.P.No .2277 of 2011 2 benefits including the gratuity, leave encashment, arrears of salary on account of revision of pay scale, provident fund, staff security etc. have not been paid to him, that the petitioner has approached this Court. It is alleged that there is no departmental enquiry pending against the petitioner nor there is any other legal embargo to deprive him of his retiral dues. It is averred that the petitioner has represented the authorities several times including on 18.2.2010, 3.6.2010, 3.9.2010 and 1.10.2010(Annexures P-2 to P-5, respectively) followed by a legal notice dated 20.12.2010 (Annexure P-6) but no action whatsoever has been taken by the respondent-authorities so far. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to the respondent-Markfed to consider the above mentioned claims of the petitioner for the payment of his retiral dues and release the amount found due within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order, alongwith interest @ 6% per annum w.e.f. 1.1.2009 till the date of actual payment, failing which the petitioner shall be entitled to approach an appropriate forum for the grant of interest at a higher rate. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. February 07, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE