IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.1517 of 2011 Date of Decision : January 27, 2011. Ram Jas Jindal .....Petitioner versus The Sunam Cooperative Marketing-cum-Processing Society Limited, Sunam and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Vikas Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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) The petitioner retired from the service of respondent No.1 as a Manager on attaining the age of superannuation w.e.f. 31.5.2009. He seeks a mandamus to direct the respondents to pay the arrears of salary as well as the leave salary alongwith interest as more than 1½ year has already passed after his retirement. The above-stated claim of the petitioner is not in dispute as respondent No.1 vide its communication dated 18.1.2010 (Annexure P-3) informed the petitioner that:- “xx xx xx xx 3. It is correct that in the books amount payable to him is mentioned. C.W.P.No .1517 of 2011 2 4. The gratuity of Rs.4,70,767/- was approved at the time of pre-audit by the Auditor for a sum of Rs.3,50,000/-. The leave salary of RS.1,67,384/- is correct. Out of the due salary of RS.1,65,915/-, a sum of Rs.57,180/- has been paid to the employee now a sum of Rs.1,08,735/- is payable to the employee on account of salary. The total amount payable is Rs.6,26,119/- as per the record books. It is also relevant to mention here that the society is running into losses and there is no fund for making the payment of the amount. A case for sale of a plot of the society has been sent to the higher officials. Whenever this plot is sold, fund would be available with the society and the payment would be made on priority.” The petitioner contends and rightly so that even after issuance of the aforesaid communication, more than a year has gone but the payment is still awaited. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the undisputed claim raised on his behalf, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents to take appropriate steps to arrange funds and release the payment to the petitioner within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. January 27, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE