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High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/15666/2024disposed of

Surjit Singh v. State Of Punjab And ORS

2024-07-11Mr. Justice Namit Kumar2 pages

CWP No.15666 of 2024 (O&M)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CWP No.15666 of 2024 (O&M) Date of decision: 11.07.2024 Surjit Singh ....Petitioner

Versus

State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR

Present:

Ms. Amandeep Kaur, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Rajesh Sehgal, Addl. A.G., Punjab for respondents No.1 to 4.

NAMIT KUMAR J. (Oral) 1.

Prayer in this writ petition filed by the petitioner under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondents to release the complete retiral benefits of the petitioner along with interest @ 18% p.a. 2.

Learned counsel for the petitioner, at the very outset, confines his prayer for deciding legal notice dated 08.08.2022 (Annexure P-4). She submits that at this stage, petitioner would be satisfied, if the said legal notice is decided by passing a speaking order within a time bound frame.

3.

Notice of motion.

MOHD YAKUB 2024.07.11 18:47 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh

CWP No.15666 of 2024 (O&M) 4.

Mr. Rajesh Sehgal, Addl. A.G., Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of respondents No.1 to 4. On the asking of the Court Mr. Vipul Jindal, Advocate and Mr. Shobhit Phutela, who are on the panel of Department of Local Government, Punjab, have accepted notice on behalf of respondents No.5 and 6, respectively and have no objection to the innocuous prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner. 5.

I have heard learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the record of the case.

6.

Without going into the merits of the case at this stage, the present petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.4 to decide legal notice dated 08.08.2022 (Annexure P-4), submitted by the petitioner expeditiously, by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of 03 months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order.

(NAMIT KUMAR) JUDGE 11.07.2024 yakub Whether speaking/reasoned:

Yes/No Whether reportable:

Yes/No MOHD YAKUB 2024.07.11 18:47 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh