IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 7372 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : 15.05.2009 Tilak Ram .... PETITIONER Versus Food Corporation of India and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Vipul Jindal, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner, who has been compulsorily retired from service with effect from 8.5.1989 after putting in approximately 18 years of service with the Food Corporation of India, has filed the instant petition for issuing direction to the respondents to release the amount of gratuity along with interest @ 12% per annum, for which he is entitled. Before approaching this Court, the petitioner had served a legal notice dated 10.5.2007, copy of which has been annexed with the petition as Annexure P-11. Till date, the claim of the petitioner has not been considered and the gratuity has not been released to him. In view of the above, without issuing notice of motion as it will un-necessary delay the matter, this petition is disposed of with a direction to CWP No. 7372 of 2009 -2- respondent No.3 to consider and decide the said legal notice (Annexure P- 11) in accordance with law, by passing a speaking order, expeditiously and preferably within a period of three months. May 15, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE