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High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/20489/2024disposed of

Indira Dhall v. State Of Haryana And Others

2024-08-23Mr. Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya2 pages

CWP-20489-2024 -1IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-20489-2024 Date of Decision: 23.08.2024 Indira Dhall

...Petitioner(s)

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State of Haryana and others ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA Present:- Mr. Suresh Ahlawat, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Krishan K. Chahal, Addl. AG, Haryana *** TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA, J. (Oral) The petition has been filed seeking a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to re-fix the petitioners' pension by granting them benefit of annual increment in the last year of retirement. 2.

Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that in the last year of retirement, the petitioner has completed the requisite six months or more of satisfactory service, and became entitled to one annual increment on that basis. The law in this regard stands settled by the Supreme Court in The Director (Admn. and HR) KPTCL and others v. C.P.Mundinamani and others, 2023 SCC Online SC 401, and this Court in CWP No.8364 of 2024, titled Suresh Kumar Singla and others v. State of Haryana and others, decided on 16.04.2024. Still, the petitioner's claim has not been considered, nor has her legal notice, dated 10.07.2024, Annexure P-4, been decided so far. PAYAL 2024.08.27 09:26 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment

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Notice of motion.

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Mr. Krishan K. Chahal, Addl. AG, Haryana, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents and submits that the pending legal notice, dated 10.07.2024, will be decided expeditiously by the third respondent, keeping in view the law laid down in C.P.Mundinamani case (supra) and Suresh Kumar Singla case (supra), by passing a speaking order thereupon within three months. 5.

In view thereof, without going into the merits of the case, the petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent no.3- Director General, Department of Secondary Education, to consider and decide the pending legal notice, dated 10.07.2024, in the light of the judgments mentioned above by passing a speaking order thereupon, within a period of three months of receiving a certified copy of this order.

(TRIBHUVAN DAHIYA) JUDGE 23.08.2024 Payal Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether reportable Yes/No PAYAL 2024.08.27 09:26 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this order/judgment