IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP NO.13844 of 2006 DATE OF DECISION: August 31, 2006 Baljit Singh ….Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab and others …..Respondents CORAM:- HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VINEY MITTAL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S.BHALLA PRESENT: Shri R.K.Chopra, Advocate for the petitioner. Viney Mittal,J.(Oral). The petitioner has sought a writ of Mandamus for directing the respondents to fix the pension and pay all other pensionary benefits of the petitioner in accordance with rule 6.16 of the Punjab Civil Services Rules Vol.II. From the perusal of the record, we find that before approaching this Court, the petitioner has not served any notice of demand of justice. It is well settled that a person seeking a writ of mandamus has to first approach the authorities concerned for redressal of his grievances. Consequently, we dismiss the writ petition as pre-mature with a liberty to the petitioner to approach the authorities at the first instance. (Viney Mittal) Judge August 31,2006 (H.S. Bhalla) KD Judge