Rameshwar v. Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: retiral benefits; monthly pension; gratuity; DCRG; leave encashment; GPF; daily-wage service; qualifying service; PPO No.13916; writ of mandamus; Article 226; infructuous petition. Punjab and Haryana High Court, CWP-7784-2019, decided 13.07.2023, before Sandeep Moudgil J. (oral). Petitioner Rameshwar versus Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam Limited and Others (UHBVNL). Matter resolved on payments: Rs.2,11,733/- (cheque No.420927, 30.07.2019) and Rs.20,19,313/- (cheque No.420902, 16.07.2019), with pension forms recording the daily-wage period (01.12.1979-07.05.1993) as counted towards qualifying service; petition disposed as infructuous. No precedent cited and no substantive ruling on entitlement; record documents the respondent-Nigam's release and the petitioner's acceptance of retiral dues.
What did the court decide?
No fresh relief granted; petition disposed of ('Order accordingly') as infructuous, respondents having already released the claimed retiral dues, including counting of the daily-wage period, which payments the petitioner accepted.