{"id":59831,"date":"2008-10-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/baldev-singh-dhaliwal-vs-union-of-india-and-others-on-30-october-2008"},"modified":"2016-03-27T07:22:52","modified_gmt":"2016-03-27T01:52:52","slug":"baldev-singh-dhaliwal-vs-union-of-india-and-others-on-30-october-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/baldev-singh-dhaliwal-vs-union-of-india-and-others-on-30-october-2008","title":{"rendered":"Baldev Singh Dhaliwal vs Union Of India And Others on 30 October, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Baldev Singh Dhaliwal vs Union Of India And Others on 30 October, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>CWP No.2582 of 2004                1\n\n\n    IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB &amp;\n              HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH.\n\n                                       CWP No.2582 of 2004\n                                       Date of decision: 30.10.2008\n\nBaldev Singh Dhaliwal                              ..Petitioner\n\n                         Versus\n\nUnion of India and others                          ...Respondents<\/pre>\n<p>CORAM:      HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA<br \/>\n            HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA<\/p>\n<p>Present:    Mr. Narender Hooda, Advocate, for the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Mr. S.K. Sharma, Advocate, for respondents No.1 &amp; 3.<br \/>\n            Ms. Charu Tuli, Senior DAG, Punjab for respondent No.2.<\/p>\n<p>Ashutosh Mohunta, J. (oral)<\/p>\n<p>            The petitioner was appointed as a Language Teacher<\/p>\n<p>(Punjabi) by the Director of Education (Administration II Branch),<\/p>\n<p>Delhi and joined on 20.1.1965. He was confirmed on the said post by<\/p>\n<p>the Delhi Administration vide office order No.264 dated 15.2.1971. The<\/p>\n<p>petitioner worked with Delhi Administration upto 21.3.1972. While in<\/p>\n<p>service, the petitioner applied through proper channel for the post of<\/p>\n<p>S.S. Master in the Education Department in the State of Punjab. He was<\/p>\n<p>selected as S.S. Master. On selection, the services of the petitioner was<\/p>\n<p>transferred to the Education Department Punjab and he continued to<\/p>\n<p>serve with the State of Punjab till his superannuation on 31.5.1996. The<\/p>\n<p>petitioner retired as a Principal of Government Senior Secondary<\/p>\n<p>School, Gharuan, District Ropar.\n<\/p>\n<p>            The petitioner has prayed that the services rendered by him<\/p>\n<p>from 20.1.1965 to 21.3.1972 with the Directorate of Education<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> CWP No.2582 of 2004                  2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Administration II Branch), Delhi be counted for the purpose of pay<\/p>\n<p>protection, other service benefits and pensionary benefits.<\/p>\n<p>            Separate replies have been filed on behalf of State of<\/p>\n<p>Punjab as well as Directorate of Education (Administration II Branch),<\/p>\n<p>Delhi.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Learned counsel for the State of Punjab has relied upon<\/p>\n<p>letter No.2\/12\/97-1Edu.4\/117 dated 14.1.2003 (Annexure R-1) from the<\/p>\n<p>Secretary School Education, Punjab to the Directorate of Education<\/p>\n<p>(Administration II Branch), Delhi, which which reads as under:-<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>                   &#8220;I am directed to invite a reference to this<br \/>\n            Government      Letter       No.2\/12\/97-1   Edu.IV\/995   dated<br \/>\n            1.4.1999 on the subject noted above and to say that Sh.<br \/>\n            Baldev Singh Dhaliwal was appointed as Language teacher<br \/>\n            (Punjabi) by Directorate of Education, Delhi vide office<br \/>\n            order No.Ad-II(3) Lang\/Punjabi\/16\/64 dated 16.1.65 (Copy<br \/>\n            enclose). His services were permanently transferred to the<br \/>\n            Directorate of Public Instructions, Punjab (Education<br \/>\n            Department) w.e.f. 21.3.1972 vide letter No.School\/RAR\/<br \/>\n            71-72, Dated 21.3.1972 (copy enclosed).             Thus Sh.<br \/>\n            Dhaliwal worked as Language teacher under the Directorate<br \/>\n            of Education, New Delhi from 20.1.1965 to 21.3.1972 later<br \/>\n            on, his General provident Fund amounting to Rs.2235 was<br \/>\n            transferred to the Directorate of Public Instructions, Punjab,<br \/>\n            Chandigarh vide Controller of Accounts letter No.PFA-VI-<br \/>\n            4\/P\/441\/364-65, dated 11.7.1977 (copy enclosed).\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>            2.     Sh. Dhaliwal has retired on 31.5.1996 on attaining<br \/>\n            the age of superannuation. He has represented to this State<br \/>\n            Government for the grant of pensionery benefits in respect<br \/>\n            of service rendered by him in your Directorate from<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> CWP No.2582 of 2004                 3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>              20.1.1965 to 21.3.1972.         It has since been decided in<br \/>\n              consultation   with       the   Government   of   India    that<br \/>\n              proportionate pensionery liability in respect of temporary<br \/>\n              service rendered under the Central Government\/State<br \/>\n              Government to the extent such service would have qualified<br \/>\n              for grant of pension under the rules of the respective<br \/>\n              Government, will be shared by the Govt. concerned on a<br \/>\n              service-share basis, so that the Govt. employees are allowed<br \/>\n              the benefit of counting their qualifying service. A copy of<br \/>\n              Punjab Government Instructions No.16(98)-80-GFR\/4309,<br \/>\n              dated 20.5.82 is enclosed here with for ready reference.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>              3.    In view of the position explained above, it is,<br \/>\n              therefore, requested that pension liability in respect of Sh.<br \/>\n              Baldev Singh Dhaliwal may be discharged by paying in<br \/>\n              lump-sum as a one time payment at the earliest.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>              The stand of the State of Delhi, as enumerated in para 7 of<\/p>\n<p>its written statement is that &#8220;the services of the petitioner can be counted<\/p>\n<p>for pensionery &amp; other benefits if the entries regarding accepting of<\/p>\n<p>resignation on technical ground and relieving orders to join Punjab<\/p>\n<p>Government to take up new assignment are available in the Service<\/p>\n<p>Book of the petitioner&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>              Learned counsel for the petitioner has relied upon<\/p>\n<p>Annexure P-9, according to which the petitioner was relieved by the<\/p>\n<p>Delhi Administration for joining his services with Punjab Education<\/p>\n<p>Department.\n<\/p>\n<p>              In view of the aforementioned facts, it is clear that the<\/p>\n<p>services rendered by the petitioner from 20.1.1965 to 21.3.1972 are<\/p>\n<p>liable to be counted for the purpose of pensionery benefits, pay<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> CWP No.2582 of 2004               4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>protection, pension and all other service benefits.<\/p>\n<p>            In this view of the matter, we are of the considered opinion<\/p>\n<p>that as the petitioner has retired as Principal from the service of the<\/p>\n<p>Education Department, State of Punjab, therefore, it is the respondent<\/p>\n<p>No.2 who is responsible for revising the pension of the petitioner and<\/p>\n<p>making the payment of the same.\n<\/p>\n<p>            Resultantly, we direct respondent No.2 to revise the<\/p>\n<p>pension of the petitioner by counting his services rendered by him from<\/p>\n<p>20.1.1965 upto 21.3.1972 and paying him the revised pensionery<\/p>\n<p>benefits with all consequential benefits. In case the respondent No.2 is<\/p>\n<p>to get reimbursement for certain portion of the pensionery benefits from<\/p>\n<p>respondent No.3, they may raise claim for the same from respondent<\/p>\n<p>No.3, who shall make the payment in accordance with law expeditiously<\/p>\n<p>to respondent No.2.\n<\/p>\n<p>            The writ petition is disposed of.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>                                          (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA)<br \/>\n                                                   JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>                                                (RAJAN GUPTA)<br \/>\n                                                     JUDGE<br \/>\nOctober 30, 2008<br \/>\n&#8216;rajpal&#8217;\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Baldev Singh Dhaliwal vs Union Of India And Others on 30 October, 2008 CWP No.2582 of 2004 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB &amp; HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. 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