IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civl Writ Petition No.18400 of 2011 Date of Decision : September 29, 2011. Sh.Prem Chand Mittal .....Petitioner versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.R.S.Longia, 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 who retired as Sub Divisional Engineer from the Water Supply and Sanitation Department, Punjab, seeks a direction for payment of his retiral dues including arrears of pension, difference of enhanced amount of gratuity, leave encashment, LTC etc., for which he has served the respondents with a legal notice dated 12.5.2011 (Annexure P-6). In these circumstances, however, without expressing any views on the merits of the petitioner's claim, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent Nos.2 to 4 to examine the claim of the petitioner as contained in the aforementioned legal notice dated 12.5.2011 and dispose of the same by passing a speaking CWP No.18400 of 2011 [2] order, within a period of six months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. September 29, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE