LPA No. 1485 of 2011(O&M) -1- IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH LPA No. 1485 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: August 23, 2011 Ramanand …Appellant Versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURDEV SINGH Present: Mr. Sandeep Kumar Yadav, Advocate for the appellant 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? M.M. KUMAR, J. 1. The instant appeal filed under Clause X of the Letters Patent is directed against judgment dated 26.07.2010, rendered by the learned Single Judge dismissing the writ petition filed by the appellant. 2. The claim of the appellant before the learned Single Judge was that he rendered army service from 1966 to 1992. After his discharge from the army, he started earning pension from army service. Subsequently, he joined the civil post in the year 1997. He claimed that the period of service rendered in the army should be tagged with the period of service rendered on the civil post for the purposes of granting pension. It is not possible to accept the aforesaid claim because the appellant is already earning pension LPA No. 1485 of 2011(O&M) -2- from the army service. Therefore, it would result into a claim of double benefit, which cannot be accepted. The appeal is wholly without substance and does not merit admission. 3. Accordingly, the appeal fails and the same is dismissed. 4. In view of the dismissal of appeal on merit, we do not wish to pass any order on the application seeking condonation of delay of 352 days in filing of the appeal. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (GURDEV SINGH) JUDGE August 23, 2011 Atul