IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.16657 of 2010 Date of Decision: September 16, 2010 Mohinder Singh .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab & Others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Anil Chawla, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. The petitioner prays for pensionary benefits on account of death of Hari Singh Thakur claiming himself to be adopted son of the said deceased employee. 2. The impugned order (Annexure P-7) has been passed saying that the petitioner was not dependent on the deceased employee and further on account of the fact that the petitioner was more than 25 years of age, therefore, under the Punjab Civil Services Rules, the petitioner would not be entitled to payment of gratuity/pension. The petitioner, however, CWP No.16657 of 2010 [2] asserts otherwise. 3. Disputed questions of facts have been raised and therefore, the issue cannot be resolved in extraordinary writ jurisdiction. 4. The petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to take alternate remedy by way of approaching Civil Court. (AJAI LAMBA) September 16, 2010 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?