IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.8660 of 2010 Date of Decision : May 12, 2010. Parminderjit Singh Sodhi .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Arun Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.Kamaldeep Singh Sidhu, 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. Mr.Kamaldeep Singh Sidhu, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. In view of the nature of the order which I propose to pass, there is no necessity to seek any counter-reply from the respondents at this stage. The petitioner was working as a District Development and Panchayat Officer when an FIR No.47 dated 18.8.2000 under Sections 7 and 13 (I) (d) read with Section 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 was registered against him at the Police Station, State Vigilance C.W.P.No .8660 of 2010 2 Bureau, Jalandhar. The petitioner has been convicted in that case by the learned Special Judge, Nawanshahr, vide order dated 12.7.2008 (Annexure P-1). He has preferred an appeal which is pending in the High Court. Meanwhile, on account of the petitioner's misconduct which led to his conviction, he has been dismissed from service w.e.f. 24.9.2008 (Annexure P-2). The petitioner now seeks a mandamus directing the respondents to release his retiral benefits. In my considered view, the petitioner, on account of his conviction in a corruption case and consequential dismissal from service, is not entitled to any retiral dues except the arrears of General Provident Fund which is his own amount. The writ petition is accordingly allowed in part to the extent that the respondents are directed to release the G.P.F. amount of the petitioner as early as possible and preferably within a period of three months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Dasti. May 12, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE