IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.18376 of 2008 Date of Decision : April 28, 2010. Dr.Baljeet Singh Dhillon .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Kanwaljit Singh, Senior Advocate with Mr.M.S.Kahlon, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms.Charu Tuli, Senior DAG, Punjab. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner retired as an Associate Professor from the Government Medical College, Amritsar, w.e.f. 5.3.2007. Since his retiral dues have not been released uptill now, he has approached this Court for issuance of appropriate directions. Though it is not denied that during the pendency of this writ petition, all the retiral benefits have since been paid to the petitioner but the only explanation given for the delay is that the petitioner was granted the benefit of pay scale erroneously or other monetary benefits wrongly. The erroneously benefits, if any, granted to the petitioner C.W.P.No .18376 of 2008 2 could be corrected within a reasonable period, for which the petitioner ought not have been made to wait for three years. The writ petition is accordingly allowed and the petitioner is held entitled to interest @ 7% per annum on the delayed payment for a period of two years. The arrears of interest shall be paid within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. Dasti. April 28, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE