CWP No.7947 of 2009.doc - 1 – HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.7947 of 2009 (O&M) Date of Decision: 10.02.2010 **** Mansa Ram . . . . Petitioner VS. State of Punjab and others . . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 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? **** Present: Mr. Puran Chand Arora, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. B.S. Chahal, DAG Punjab Mr. Harsh Aggarwal, Advocate for respondent No.4 ***** SURYA KANT J. (ORAL) (1). The petitioner seeks counting of the service rendered by him in PRTC towards pensionable service under the Punjab Government. (2). The admitted facts are that the petitioner was appointed as a Painter in the PEPSU Road Transport Corporation, Patiala vide appointment letter dated 23.04.1982 (Annexure P4). While serving in the said Corporation, the petitioner joined the State Government service as a Painter Instructor in the Technical Education and CWP No.7947 of 2009.doc - 2 – Industrial Training Department, Government of Punjab on 09.08.1994 pursuant to the appointment letter dated 27.07.1994 (Annexure P6) ad without any break. The petitioner seeks a mandamus to direct the respondent to count the service rendered by him from 27.04.1982 to 09.08.1994 in the Corporation for the purposes of retiral benefits as a Government servant. (3). It appears that the service rendered in the Corporation itself is pensionable in terms of the Pension Scheme introduced by the Corporation in the year 1992. (4). If that is so, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to approach the Corporation along with relevant pension papers, to enable the Corporation to transfer its contribution to the State Government and on receipt thereof, the respondent No.1 and 2 are directed to re- determine the retiral benefits of the petitioner including his pension on the basis of his total length of service. The Corporation shall transfer its share/contribution towards the retiral benefits of the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of receipt of the application from the petitioner along with relevant documents and CWP No.7947 of 2009.doc - 3 – respondent No.1 and 2 shall do the needful on their part within a period of two months from the date of receipt of the contribution from the Corporation. (5). Disposed of. (6). Dasti . (SURYA KANT) JUDGE 10.02.2010 vishal shonkar