IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.3452 of 2009 Date of Decision: March 04, 2009 Superintendent of Post Offices, Faridkot Division, Faridkot .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Naib Singh & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Namit Kumar, Advocate, for the petitioner. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) Challenge in this civil writ petition is to Order dated 16.7.2007 (Annexure P-5) and order dated 29.9.2008 (Annexure P-7) passed by the Controlling Authority and the Appellate Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972. The Superintendent of Post Offices, Faridkot Division, Faridkot, has come up in writ petition in challenge to the said orders. Perusal of Order, Annexure P-7, indicates that the authority has taken notice of a Division Bench judgment of this Court in the case of Sr. Supdt. Of Post Offices vs. Smt. Sham Dulari & Others (CWP No.7576 of 2006, decided on 18.5.2006) whereupon relief has been granted to the respondents. It has further been CWP No.3452 of 2009 [2] contended that the order was challenged before the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, the same however has been upheld. Learned counsel for the petitioner has been very fair in appending the judgment passed by the Division Bench of this Court, referred to above, as Annexure P-8, reported as 2006(3) SCT 577. Considering the fact that learned counsel for the petitioner has not been able to distinguish the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court, no ground for interference by this Court is made out. Learned counsel for the petitioner has raised an additional issue of delay on the part of the respondent in approaching the authorities. The issue has been dealt with in impugned order, Annexure P-5. It has been recorded that delay was caused for reasons beyond the control of the applicant and therefore, is condoned to meet the ends of social justice. I find no reason to interfere with the said reasoning. The petition is dismissed. (AJAI LAMBA) March 04, 2009 JUDGE avin