IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P No.6188 of 2011 Date of Decision:21.10.2011 Narinder Kumar .... Petitioner Versus The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. And others . ... Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Ms. Justice Nirmaljit Kaur Present: Mr. V.K. Shukla, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Ashwani Talwar, Advocate for the respondents. **** 1.Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers 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? NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (Oral) This is a petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to release the pension of the petitioner on account of his retirement as on 30.6.2007 and its consequent arrears. Reply filed by the respondents is taken on record. As per the said reply, Criminal Appeal No.494-SB of 1997 filed by the petitioner has been decided by this Court vide order dated 27.1.2009 whereby the conviction has been maintained but sentence of imprisonment awarded to the petitioner is reduced to one already undergone by the petitioner. However, in spite of the conviction, pension payable to the petitioner has also been ordered to be released vide order dated 6.7.2011, copy of which is attached as C.W.P No.6188 of 2011 -2- Annexure R-1. Payment of pension arrears of Rs.5,05,879/- after deducting the income tax of Rs.43,737/- from the total amount of Rs.5,48,916/- have been paid on 25.6.2011 vide Annexure R-2 and the commuted value of pension amount to Rs.3,81,413/- Annexure R-3 also stands paid to the petitioner. Thus, all the retiral benefits which are due to the petitioner stand disbursed. In view of the reply filed by the respondents, the present petition is rendered infructuous and is disposed of as such. 21.10.2011 ( NIRMALJIT KAUR ) rajeev JUDGE