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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

CWP No. 1828 of 2009

Date of decision: 04.05.2010

Darshan Lal (No. 870680247 Rank Constable/Driver) s/o Sh. Baldev Raj

...... PETITIONER

VERSUS

Union of India and others

....... RESPONDENTS

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH

Present:

Mr. Rajeev Anand, Advocate,

for the petitioner.

Ms. Anjali Kukar, Central Government Counsel,

for the respondents.

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AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J.

Challenge in the present writ petition has been posed to the

voluntary retirement to be effective from 01.11.2008 granted to the

petitioner vide order dated 24.07.2008 (Annexure P-5) being arbitrary,

illegal on the ground that the request for voluntary retirement was

withdrawn by the petitioner through application dated 15.09.2008

(Annexure P-6) and 16.10.2008 (Annexure P-7) as the petitioner was

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retired from service in contravention of the law laid down by the Hon'ble

Supreme Court. A further prayer was made that the petitioner was entitled

to extra-ordinary pension for disability suffered while on duty as per the

Central Civil Services (Extra-Ordina