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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
SANDEEP MOUDGIL
Ujagar Singh Saini (through LRs) – Appellant
Versus
State Bank of Patiala – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Sandeep Moudgil, J.
Prayer
(1). The jurisdiction of this Court has been invoked under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, for issuing a writ of certiorari for quashing the orders dated 04.10.1996 and 11.06.1997 (Annexures P10 & P11) vide which the pension and retiral benefits have been denied to the petitioner. A further prayer has been made for directing the respondents to release an amount of Rs.2,37,540/- deducted from the provident fund dues payable to the petitioner as mentioned in the letter dated 26.10.1998 (Annexure P6), besides other pensioner dues along with interest @ 18% p.a.
Contentions
On behalf of the petitioner
(2). Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the deceased, namely, Ujagar Singh had unfortunately passed away during the pendency of the present petition on 14.03.2017, leaving behind his wife, Smt.Amar Kaur and two sons, namely, Sushil Kumar and Ashwani Kumar as the legal heirs and thereafter, even one of his LRs, namely, Ashwani Kumar died on 24.12.2018 and now the matter is being pursued by the wife of Ashwani Kumar, namely, Mrs. Beenu who is daughter-in-law of the original petitioner, Ujagar Singh Saini as is evident from C
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