CWP No.5689 of 2008 -1-
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
CASE NO.: CWP No.5689 of 2008
DATE OF DECISION: November 17, 2008
SHEESH RAM AND OTHERS ...PETITIONERS
VERSUS
NAGAR PANCHAYAT SARDULGARH ...RESPONDENT
CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA.
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA.
PRESENT: MR. H.S. DHINDSA, ADVOCATE FOR
MR. H.S. SETHI, ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONERS.
NONE FOR THE RESPONDENT.
ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA, J.(ORAL)
The petitioners who are employees of Nagar Panchayat,
Sardulgarh have prayed that directions be issued to the respondents to
release the salary of the petitioners which have not been paid since July,
2007 onwards.
Reply has been filed on behalf of the respondent in which
following averments have been made.
“It is pertinent to mention here that the claim made by the
petitioner by way of this writ petition is not maintainable. The
petitioners have concealed this material fact from this Hon’ble
Court that the respondent’s not had the intention to withhold
the salary of any of its employee including the petitioner but
the petitioners were themselves not interested in receiving their
salaries inspite of repeated requests by the answering
CWP No.5689 of 2008 -2-respondents. The answering respondent has not withheld the
salary of the petitioners and the petitioners and neither will
they ever withhold the salary for which they are entitled.”
In view of the aforementioned facts, we dispose of the writ
petition with a direction to the respondent to release the salaries of the
petitioners within a period of three months from the date of receipt of
certified copy of this order.
(ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA)
JUDGE
November 17, 2008 (RAJAN GUPTA)
Gulati JUDGE