IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.16522 of 2010 Date of Decision : September 15, 2010. Harcharan Singh .....Petitioner versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Peeush Gagneja, Advocate, for the petitioner. -.- 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) The petitioner has retired as Octroi Clerk on attaining the age of superannuation w.e.f. 31.1.2010 from the Municipal Council, Abohar. Only a part of his retiral dues have been paid to him and the arrears of gratuity, revised pay scale, pension and provident fund etc. are yet to be released. The petitioner has already represented the authorities but no action has been taken so far in this regard. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner, I am of the considered view that in the absence of any legal embargo, the respondents are obligated to release the retiral dues of the petitioner timely and ordinarily within a period of three months after the retirement. However, with a view to give one more opportunity, the writ petition is disposed of C.W.P.No .16522 of 2010 2 with a direction to respondent Nos.2 to 4 to consider and dispose of the claim of the petitioner and release the admissible retiral dues to him within a period of two months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order, failing which the petitioner shall be entitled to interest @ 7% per month on the delayed payments. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. September 15, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE