IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.23453 of 2010 Date of Decision : January 04, 2011. Ramesh Chander .....Petitioner versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.R.S.Manhas, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Sudeepti Sharma, DAG, Punjab. -.- 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) Notice of motion to respondent Nos.1 to 3 only at this stage. Ms.Sudeepti Sharma, learned Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on their behalf. Let three copies of the writ petition be handed over to the learned State counsel during the course of day. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter-reply from respondent Nos.1 to 3 nor any notice to respondent No.4 is needed to be issued at this stage. The petitioner served the Municipal Council, Pathankot as a Mali-cum-Chowkidar w.e.f. 1.4.1973 till he retired on 31.1.2009 on C.W.P.No .23453 of 2010 2 attaining the age of superannuation. The petitioner's grievance is that his all the retiral dues especially the arrears of commutation of pension have not been paid nor the pension has been released to him from the date of his retirement. It is stated that it is only after the petitioner served the respondents with a legal notice that the pension has been granted to him w.e.f. July, 2010 instead of w.e.f. 1.2.2009. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same with a direction to the Executive Officer of the Municipal Council, Pathankot and the Deputy Director, Local Self Government, Punjab, Amritsar, to consider the above mentioned claim of the petitioner for the release of his left out retiral dues including the arrears of the commutation of pension and release the due amount within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. January 04, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE