CWP No. 15508 of 2011 -1- IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 15508 of 2011 Date of Decision :24.08.2011 Gurdeep Singh Cheema .......... Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab & another ...... Respondents **** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present : Mr. Raj Kaushik, Advocate for the petitioner. **** AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH,J. (ORAL) It is the contention of the counsel for the petitioner that services of the petitioner were terminated on 16.9.1994. On an appeal preferred by him, the petitioner was reinstated in service in July 2000 and ultimately retired on 28.2.2009. During the period when the petitioner was out of service a pension scheme was floated by the respondent- Corporation vide notification dated 20.03.1996. According to which the petitioner was entitled to the pension. The claim of the petitioner was initially not granted merely on the ground that the petitioner had not given an option for pension within a stipulated time. He contends that the petitioner even if had wanted to give an option could not give it for the reason he was out of service since 16.9.1994 to July 2000. Thereafter the petitioner had given his option for grant of pension. A similarly placed employee namely Sh. Ashok Kumar Gagneja, who retired as Ware House Manager on 31.7.2009 from the CWP No. 15508 of 2011 -2- respondent-Corporation, has been granted the benefit of pension. In support of this he relies upon the information given to him under the Right to Information vide letter dated 18.10.2010 (Annexure P-15). He, therefore, contends that the petitioner being similarly placed is entitled to the said benefit. His further contention is that the case of the petitioner has been duly considered by the competent authority and the same has been forwarded to the Managing Director on 22.12.2009, but no decision has been taken by the Managing Director till date. Further contends that the petitioner would be satisfied at this stage if a direction is issued to the Managing Director, Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, SCO No. 74- 75, Sector 17-B, Chandigarh-Respondent No.2 to consider the claim of the petitioner and take a decision thereon within some specified time. Without going into the merits of the case or commenting thereon the present writ petition is disposed of with directions to the Managing Director, Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, SCO No. 74- 75, Sector 17-B, Chandigarh-Respondent No.2 to consider the case of the petitioner and take a decision thereon for grant of pension as per the pension scheme floated by the Corporation in the year 1996 within a period of two months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. In case the petitioner is held entitled to the claim made by him the requisite relief be released to the petitioner within a further period of four weeks. 24.08.2011 (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH) 'sp' JUDGE