1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JAIPUR BENCH, JAIPUR. O R D E R S.B. CIVIL WRIT PETITION No.8035/2005. : : R.K.Bhavnani Vs. Union of India & Anr. : : Date of Order 27.8.2008 HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ Mr.S.C.Goyal for the petitioner. Mr.Ajay Vikram Singh for Mr.Ansuman Singh for respondent No.2. Mr.Tapasvi Vashishatha for Mr.K.K.Sharma for Union of India. Heard learned counsel for the parties. Though the writ petition was originally filed with various claims such as payment of gratuity, arrears of pay fixation, leave encashment, but according to the petitioner all dues have been made to him substantially in October, 2006 and remaining part in 2007. The dispute now subsists only with regard to payment of interest on account of delay caused in making such payments to him. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that basic pay of the petitioner as per BPC scale fixed was to be paid @ Rs.19,850/- w.e.f. 1.7.2000 but the Board of Directors of DPC approved the basic pay @ Rs.23,160/-. 2 The respondents are resisting claim of the petitioner on the ground that the rates at which pay scale of Rs.23,160/- was fixed as the basic pay by the Board of the respondent No.2 could be implemented only after approval by the Government of India and so far the approval has not been received. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that payment of arrears of pay in respect of all his dues has actually been made even as per this basic pay scale which was approved by the Board but he restricts his claim of interest only on such basic pay scale which was fixed as per BPE scale as Rs.19,850/-. Arrears of salary have been paid to the petitioner in two parts substantially in October 2006 and remaining part in 2007. Claim of the interest now is made only on such payments which were admittedly made to him after delay of six years. In the result, this writ petition is partly allowed. Respondents are directed to pay interest to the petitioner @ 9% per annum on the arrears aforesaid so far as calculating such dues as per the basic pay fixed by BPE i.e. Rs.19,850/- w.e.f. 1.7.2000. Payment of interest be made within a period of three months from the date copy of the judgment is produced before the respondents. (MOHAMMAD RAFIQ)J. A.Arora/- 3