IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

288 CWP-23402-2023 (O & M)

Date of decision: 27.01.2025 Dr. Gurcharan Singh Chahal ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and another ...Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMAN CHAUDHARY Present : Mr. H.S.Dhandi, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Amarpeet Singh Bains, AAG, Punjab.

AMAN CHAUDHARY, J. (ORAL)

1. Prayer made in the present petition is for directing the respondents to release all retiral benefits of the petitioner, alongwith interest.

2. The petitioner, who was working as Director, Animal Husbandry, retired on 31.05.2004, had not been released the retiral benefits due to pendency of appeal against acquittal and there being no disciplinary proceedings initiated against him. Be that as it may, the NOC has now been given by the Department on 04.01.2024, for releasing his entire benefits, as is reflected in para 4 of the short reply dated

15.05.2024.

3. The congruent ground taken in the present case, was found to be fundamentally flawed in Faquir Chand vs. State of Haryana and others, CWP-3177-2009 and Banwari Lal vs. State of Haryana and others, CWP-4032-2009, disposed of vide a common judgment dated 13.11.2009, LPA against wh