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High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/26347/2024disposed of

Jagdeep Singh And Others v. Punjab State Power Corporation Limited And Others

2024-10-14Mr. Justice Namit Kumar2 pages

CWP No.26347 of 2024 (O&M)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CWP No.26347 of 2024 (O&M) Date of decision: 14.10.2024 Jagdeep Singh and others ....Petitioners

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Punjab State Power Corporation Limited and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAMIT KUMAR

Present:

Mr. Dinesh Kumar, Advocate with Mr. Arvind Galav, Advocate for the petitioners.

NAMIT KUMAR J. (Oral) 1.

Prayer in this writ petition filed by the petitioners under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus, directing the respondents to cover the petitioners under the Old Pension Scheme and convert their accounts from NPS to GPF. Further prayer has been made to direct the respondents to consider and decide the claim made in the legal notice dated 20.06.2023 (Annexure P-12) submitted by the petitioners. 2.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that for claiming the aforesaid relief, the petitioners have submitted legal notice dated 20.06.2023 (Annexure P-12) and at this stage, petitioners 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 2024.10.15 18:11 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh

CWP No.26347 of 2024 (O&M) 4.

Mr. K.S. Kharbanda, Advocate, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents and has no objection to the innocuous prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioners.

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.1 to decide legal notice dated 20.06.2023 (Annexure P-12), submitted by the petitioners expeditiously, by passing a speaking order, preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order.

(NAMIT KUMAR) JUDGE 14.10.2024 yakub Whether speaking/reasoned:

Yes/No Whether reportable:

Yes/No MOHD YAKUB 2024.10.15 18:11 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh