Civil Writ Petition No. 9981 of 2011 -1- IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 9981 of 2011 Date of Decision : 31.5.2011 Kapoor Singh .......... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab & others ...... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present : Mr. Tarsem Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. **** AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) As per the petitioner he joined as Panchayat Secretary on 6.9.1974, in the office of Panchayat Samity, Maur-respondent No.3. On attaining the age of superannuation he retired on 31.1.2010. As per the decision of the Government and the instructions issued, he was granted an extension of one year. The said decision of the Government was challenged in this Court, which was for extension of service of the Government employees by one year on their superannuation. The said decision was quashed by this Court and accordingly the services of the petitioner were terminated in the month of March, 2010. It is the contention of the counsel for the petitioner that till date neither the salary for the months of February and March, 2010 have been released to the petitioner nor has any retrial benefits including pension released. The petitioner had been approaching the respondents for grant of the salary as well as the pensionary benefits but till date no reply has been Civil Writ Petition No. 9981 of 2011 -2- received from them. A representation dated 15.3.2011 (Annexure P2/T) was submitted by the petitioner but no relief has been granted. Counsel for the petitioner submits that liberty may be granted to the petitioner to file a supplementary representation within a period of ten days from today wherein petitioner would put forth all his claims and some time bound direction may be issued to the respondents for consideration of the same and to take decision thereon. Without going into the merits of the case or commenting thereon, and in the light of the statement made by the counsel for the petitioner, if the facts as has been asserted by the counsel for the petitioner are correct, liberty is granted to the petitioner to file a supplementary representation within a period of ten days from today. If such a representation is made, the same shall be considered and decided by the Director, Rural Development & Panchayat, Punjab-respondent No.2 and the Executive Officer, Panchayat Samity, Maur-respondent No.3 within a period of six weeks of such submission of the representation. The order so passed on the representation be conveyed to the petitioner forthwith. In case, the claim as made by the petitioner in his representation is accepted the dues be released to the petitioner within a further period of four weeks. Copy of this order be given dasti under the signatures of the Court Secretary. 31.5.2011 (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH) 'sp' JUDGE