IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 16645 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION : 03.11.2009 Sampuran Singh Kahlon .... PETITIONER Versus Bank of Baroda and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Hitesh Kaplish, Advocate, for the petitioner. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner has retired from the services of the Bank of Baroda on 31.10.2008 on attaining the age of superannuation. His case is that earlier, he was working in Traders Bank Limited since 5.6.1978 and subsequently, the said bank was amalgamated with the Bank of Baroda on 13.5.1988. The respondents, without counting the services rendered by the petitioner in Traders Bank Limited, have given him the retiral benefits. However, in view of the fact that the petitioner had served from 5.6.1978 to 12.5.1988, in the Traders Bank Limited, he was also entitled for additional retiral benefits, which have not been released. It is the further case of the petitioner that the representation made by him has been rejected by the respondents without passing any speaking order. In view of these facts facts CWP No. 16645 of 2009 -2- and circumstances, counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner may be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to make a detailed representation with regard to his claim for additional retiral benefits on account of the previous service rendered by him in the Traders Bank Limited, with a direction to the AGM, Bank of Baroda (respondent No.2 herein) to consider and decide the said representation in accordance with law by passing a speaking order. In view of the above, this petition is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty to the petitioner to make a detailed representation to respondent No.2 and if any such representation is made within a period of one month, respondent No.2 is further directed to consider and decide the same in accordance with law, by passing a speaking order, within a period of three months from the date of making the representation. November 03, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE