IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.4563 of 2011 Date of Decision : March 15, 2011. Kali Perumal and another .....Petitioners versus State of U.T., Chandigarh and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.K.K.Saini, Advocate, for the petitioners. -.- 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 petitioners are husband and wife respectively who served as Beldars firstly on daily wages and then on regular basis under respondent No.3. It appears that the petitioners belong to a poor section of society and they did not seek nor were paid the full amount of gratuity for the period w.e.f. 1979 to 1987 and 1996 to 2009. The petitioners later on served the respondents with a legal notice dated 30.8.2010 (Annexure P-1) to which they have received a vague and evasive reply dated 27.9.2010 (Annexure P-2), the relevant portion of which reads as follows: “That the payment of gratuity for the period (1.9.1987 to 31.1.1996) and 3.10.1987 to 31.5.1996 pertains to Administration has already been transferred to M.C. Authority vide S.D.E. R-3 memo No.819-21 dated C.W.P.No .4563 of 2011 2 10.5.2010 (photocopy enclosed) of amounting to Rs.4160/- and Rs.4160/- respectively for taking further action with regard to payment of gratuity....” A sum of Rs.8320/- is said to have been paid to the petitioners which, according to them, is not the full and final amount they are entitled to. In these circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent Nos.3 & 4 to consider the above mentioned claim of the petitioners and dispose of the same by passing a speaking order within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Suffice it to mention here that if the petitioners are found entitled to any additional amount, the same shall also be released to them within a period of one month thereafter. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. March 15, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE