IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.6775 of 2010 Date of Decision : April 19, 2010. Madan Lal Gupta .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Vijay Pal, 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 to direct the respondents to release his retiral benefits including full pension, computation of pension, gratuity etc., alongwith interest. It is averred that the petitioner has retired from the post of Assistant Food & Supply Officer, Department of Food, Civil Supply and Consumer Affairs, Government of Punjab, w.e.f. 30.6.2007. The petitioner is stated to have served for more than the qualifying and as such he is entitled to be granted the retiral dues including full pension, computation of pension, gratuity etc., but the same have been with-held without any reason despite the repeated representations including dated 28.9.2009 (Annexure P-3) and a reminder thereto sent by him. C.W.P.No .6775 of 2010 2 Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to respondent Nos.1 & 2 to take notice of the above mentioned reliefs sought by the petitioner and redress his grievances as early as possible but not later than three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. The first respondent shall also explain the cause of delay in releasing the retiral benefits and if the delay is not attributable to the petitioner, he shall be entitled to interest on the delayed payments of the retiral benefits at the rate admissible as per the Government Instructions. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. April 19, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE