IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.17737 of 2011 Date of Decision : September 21, 2011. Pushpa Devi .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.S.K.Rattan, 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 seeks a mandamus for counting of adhoc service rendered by her as qualifying service for the purpose of retiral and other dues. Her case is that she was initially appointed on adhoc basis w.e.f. 8.12.1969 and she continuously worked in that capacity till her services were regularized w.e.f. 2.5.1975. The petitioner has been granted the pensionary benefits after her retirement w.e.f. 31.03.2008 only on the basis of the regular service rendered by her. Relying upon a Division Bench decision of this Court dated 19.4.2011 rendered in L.P.A.No.189 of 2004 (State of Punjab and others versus Mukhtiar Singh and others connected matters, the petitioner seeks CWP No.17737 of 2011 [2] a direction for the counting of adhoc service rendered by her towards the qualifying service for the purpose of retiral dues. The petitioner has lodged the aforesaid claim vide a legal notice dated 1.6.2011 (Annexure P-1) also, to which no response has been received so far. In these circumstances, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioner for counting her adhoc service as qualifying service for the purpose of retiral dues in the light of the afore-stated Division Bench decision of this Court in Mukhtiar Singh's case (supra) and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. In the event of acceptance of the petitioner's claim, the revised Pension Payment Order as well as the other retiral dues shall be released from the date of petitioner's retirement alongwith arrears, within the aforementioned stipulated period. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. September 21, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE