IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1390 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision : 28.01.2010. Bhupinder Singh Bedi .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Vivek K.Thakur, 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? --- ORDER 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 has retired as a Junior Engineer on 31.7.2007 on attaining the age of superannuation. He seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to release the gratuity and some of the retiral benefits which are yet to be released to him, alongwith due interest. C.W.P.No . 1390 of 2010 (O&M) 2 The petitioner's case is that having served the department w.e.f. 6.4.1978 till he retired, he matained spotless service record and there is no complaint whatsoever pending against him, yet his gratuity and some of the retiral benefits have not been released for want of No Dues Certificate from the Vigilance Department. A communication dated 14.9.2009 (Annexure P-6) sent to the petitioner by the Chief Engineer (Canals), Irrigation Department, Punjab, suggests that some regular vigilance enquiry is pending against the petitioner since the year 2002. The petitioner's case, on the other hand, is that the afore-stated enquiry pertains to Ropar Circle where he never worked and Bhupinder Singh, J.E., who is stated to be involved in the said enquiry, is a different person. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and keeping in view the relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents as well as to the State Vigilance Bureau to take appropriate decision in the matter and conclude the pending enquiry, if any, against the petitioner, by 30.4.2010 and thereafter, release the pensionary benefits and gratuity etc. to the petitioner by 30.6.2010. In case the petitioner is found innocent in the matter, he shall also be entitled to interest @7% per annum on the afore- stated arrears. Disposed of. Dasti. 28-01-2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE