CWP No.5689 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CASE NO.: CWP No.5689 of 2008 DATE OF DECISION: November 17, 2008 SHEESH RAM AND OTHERS ...PETITIONERS VERSUS NAGAR PANCHAYAT SARDULGARH ...RESPONDENT CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA. PRESENT: MR. H.S. DHINDSA, ADVOCATE FOR MR. H.S. SETHI, ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONERS. NONE FOR THE RESPONDENT. ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J.(ORAL) The petitioners who are employees of Nagar Panchayat, Sardulgarh have prayed that directions be issued to the respondents to release the salary of the petitioners which have not been paid since July, 2007 onwards. Reply has been filed on behalf of the respondent in which following averments have been made. “It is pertinent to mention here that the claim made by the petitioner by way of this writ petition is not maintainable. The petitioners have concealed this material fact from this Hon'ble Court that the respondent's not had the intention to withhold the salary of any of its employee including the petitioner but the petitioners were themselves not interested in receiving their salaries inspite of repeated requests by the answering CWP No.5689 of 2008 -2- respondents. The answering respondent has not withheld the salary of the petitioners and the petitioners and neither will they ever withhold the salary for which they are entitled.” In view of the aforementioned facts, we dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondent to release the salaries of the petitioners within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA) JUDGE November 17, 2008 (RAJAN GUPTA) Gulati JUDGE