{"id":235156,"date":"2009-02-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bhim-sain-and-others-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-24-february-2009"},"modified":"2017-09-24T15:02:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-24T09:32:35","slug":"bhim-sain-and-others-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-24-february-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/bhim-sain-and-others-vs-state-of-punjab-and-another-on-24-february-2009","title":{"rendered":"Bhim Sain And Others vs State Of Punjab And Another on 24 February, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Bhim Sain And Others vs State Of Punjab And Another on 24 February, 2009<\/div>\n<pre>      IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n               CHANDIGARH\n\n                                       C.W.P.No.15579 of 2008\n                                       Date of Decision:- 24.02.2009\n\nBhim Sain and others                          ....Petitioner(s)\n\n\n                    vs.\n\nState of Punjab and another                   ....Respondent(s)\n\n                    ***\n\nCORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH\n\n                    ***\n\nPresent:-     Mr.Mukand Gupta, Advocate for the petitioners.\n\n              Mr.Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, AAG, Punjab.\n\n                    ***\n\nAUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (Oral)\n<\/pre>\n<p>              The prayer in the present writ petition is for issuance of a Writ<\/p>\n<p>in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to release the gratuity,<\/p>\n<p>leave encashment and other retiral benefits to which they are legally entitled<\/p>\n<p>to along with interest from the day they became due till payment.<\/p>\n<p>              Learned counsel for the petitioners contends that for this relief,<\/p>\n<p>the petitioners have served legal notice dated 30.5.2008 (Annexure P-7)<\/p>\n<p>which is still pending with the respondents and no decision has been<\/p>\n<p>conveyed to the petitioners.\n<\/p>\n<p>              Counsel for the respondents states that a decision on the said<\/p>\n<p>legal notice will be taken within a period of four months from today and if<\/p>\n<p>the petitioners are found entitled to the relief claimed by them, the amount<\/p>\n<p>due, if any, will be released to them within a period of three months<\/p>\n<p>thereafter.\n<\/p>\n<p>              In the light of the above, the writ petition stands disposed of<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> C.W.P.No.15579 of 2008                                            -2-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>with a     direction   to   the   respondents to decide       the legal      notice<\/p>\n<p>(Annexure P -7) within a period of four months from today and release the<\/p>\n<p>benefits, if held entitled to, within a period of three months thereafter.<\/p>\n<pre>February 24, 2009                       ( AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH )\npoonam                                            JUDGE\n\n\n\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>Whether referred to Reporters ________ Yes\/No\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Bhim Sain And Others vs State Of Punjab And Another on 24 February, 2009 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.15579 of 2008 Date of Decision:- 24.02.2009 Bhim Sain and others &#8230;.Petitioner(s) vs. State of Punjab and another &#8230;.Respondent(s) *** CORAM:- HON&#8217;BLE MR.JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH *** Present:- [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-punjab-haryana-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bhim Sain And Others vs State Of Punjab And Another on 24 February, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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