CWP No.1089 of 2010 --1-- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 1089 of 2010 Date of decision : 3.3.2010 Raj Singh ...Petitioner Versus Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Ltd. & others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL **** Present: Mr. Jagbir Malik, Advocate, for the petitioner. None for the respondents. **** AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. (ORAL) The solitary claim of the petitioner in this writ petition is that a direction be issued to the respondents to release the arrears of his salary along with interest at the rate of 18% per annum relating to the period from 21.08.1998 to 21.5.2002, during which he remained under suspension. Notice of the petition was issued to the respondents. Service is complete but no one has appeared on their behalf. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that at this stage, the petitioner shall feel satisfied in case a time-bound direction is issued to the respondents to decide the legal notice (Annexure P-14) served upon them for the same relief as claimed in the present writ petition, but no decision has been taken thereon so far. CWP No.1089 of 2010 --2-- After hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner and perusing the record, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to decide the claim of the petitioner made vide legal notice dated 05.05.2008 (Annexure P-14) within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of the order by passing a speaking order. It is further directed that in case, the claim of the petitioner is found to be justified, the amount found payable to him shall be released to the petitioner within a period of two months thereafter. March 03, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) atulsethi JUDGE