High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/4864/2020disposed of

Narinder Kaur v. State Of Punjab And Others

2020-02-24Mr. Justice Harsimran Singh Sethi2 pages

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CWP-4864-2020 Date of decision: - 24.02.2020 Narinder Kaur ....Petitioner

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State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI Present:- Mr. Jasbir Singh Mohri, Advocate, for the petitioner.

**** HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI , J. (ORAL) Learned counsel for the petitioner states that late husband of the petitioner, during his service deposited Contributory Provident Fund till 22.12.2015, when he unfortunately died but the said Contributory Provident Fund has not been refunded back to the petitioner, who is the widow of Udham Singh, even after expiry of more than four years from the death of her husband. The prayer of the petitioner is for issuance of a direction to respondent No.2 to release the Contributory Provident Fund alongwith interest forthwith.

Learned counsel for the petitioner states that for the relief, which has been claimed in the present writ petition, petitioner has submitted a representation dated 24.10.2019 (Annexure P-5) with the respondents, which is still pending for consideration and the petitioner will be satisfied, at this stage, in case a time bound direction is issued to NARESH KUMAR 2020.02.26 14:37 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh

CWP-4864-2020 -2respondent No.2 to decide the said representation by passing an appropriate speaking order in a time bound manner. In view of the request made, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case and the claim being made by the petitioner, respondent No.2 is directed to decide the representation dated 24.10.2019 (Annexure P-5) by passing a speaking order within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. In case, after the decision, it is found that the petitioner is entitled for any monetary benefit, the same shall also be released to her within a period of next three months.

Writ petition stands disposed of accordingly ( HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI ) February 24, 2020 JUDGE naresh.k Whether reasoned/speaking?

Yes Whether reportable?

No NARESH KUMAR 2020.02.26 14:37 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh