IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.4449 of 2010 Date of Decision : March 15, 2010. Gurmail Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Dr.M.L.Sachdeva, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.B.S.Chahal, DAG, Punjab. -.- 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.B.S.Chahal, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of the order which I propose to pass, there is no necessity to seek any counter-reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner joined the Education Department, Government of Punjab, initially as a Math Master and later on he was promoted as Lecturer-in-Math. The petitioner held the said post till he retired on attaining the age of superannuation on 28.2.2009. C.W.P.No .4449 of 2010 2 According to the petitioner, he was re-employed for a period of one month after his retirement w.e.f. 1.3.2009 till 31.3.2009. He now seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to release his salary for the above-mentioned period of one month as well as the retiral benefits including gratuity and commuted value of the pension. The petitioner has further averred that despite repeated representations including dated 17.2.2010 (Annexure P-8), the needful has not been done so far by the respondents. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, it appears that the claim of the petitioner is fully justified and there is no valid reason whatsoever to delay the release of retiral benefits or the salary for one month during which the petitioner has worked on re-employment. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to respondent nos.2 & 3 to take immediate action to redress the grievance of the petitioner and do the needful as early as possible, preferably within a period of two months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Dasti. March 15, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE