CWP No. 13350 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 13350 of 2011 Date of decision : 09.08.2011 Gopal Kishore Agnihotri ......Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE RITU BAHRI Present: Mr. Tejinder Singh, Advocate for Ms. Jyoti Sareen, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Kavita Arora, A.A.G, Punjab **** RITU BAHRI, J. (Oral) Petitioner is seeking writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to revise the pension and retiral benefits of the petitioner, after counting his service rendered in Punjab Filma and News Corporation, prior to his absorption in the Transport Department, Punjab At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner has referred to Annexure P-1 in which one of the similarly placed employee of Punjab Films and New Corporation namely Ish Kumar Arya, who was also absorbed in the Transport Department after the winding up of the Corporation, he filed CWP No. 506 of 2008 titled as Ish Kumar Arya vs. State of Punjab and another, which was allowed vide judgment dated 22.03.2010 (Annexure P-1). CWP No. 13350 of 2011 -2- Learned State counsel has also admitted that the case of the petitioner is squarely covered by Ish Kumar Arya's case (supra). The present writ petition is allowed in terms of order passed in CWP No. 506 of 2008 decided on 22.03.2010 (Annexure P-1). The respondents are directed to pass appropriate order within 6 months. August 09, 2011 (RITU BAHRI) G.Arora JUDGE