IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.O.C.P. No.1112 of 2008 Date of Decision : March 24, 2009 Raghbir Singh ....Petitioner Versus Jagtar Singh Khatra and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present : Mr. V.K. Sharma , Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. M.C. Berry, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for the respondents. T.P.S. MANN, J. (Oral) Reply filed on behalf of respondent No. 1 today in the Court is taken on record and a copy thereof supplied to learned counsel for the petitioner. A perusal of the reply submitted on behalf of respondent No. 1 would reveal that the claim of the petitioner for counting service rendered by him in aided school prior to joining the government service as qualifying service for computing the pensionary benefits has been considered and allowed vide order dated 18.3.2009 subject to the outcome of the Special Leave Petition, which the department intends to file in the Hon'ble Supreme Court against the decision of the writ C.O.C.P. No.1112 of 2008 -2- petition. Copy of the order dated 18.3.2009 has been attached as Annexure R.1. It has also been ordered that the retiral benefits of the petitioner would be got revised by the concerned Drawing and Disbursing Officer from the Accountant General (A&E), Punjab, Chandigarh under intimation to the petitioner as early as possible and not later than two months from the date of issuance of the aforementioned order. In view of the above, learned counsel for the petitioner states that the entire relief sought by the petitioner stands granted to him. Resultantly, the present petition has been rendered infructuous and is, therefore, disposed of. ( T.P.S. MANN ) March 24, 2009 JUDGE satish