IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.3547 of 2008 Date of decision: February 2, 2009 Smt. Shakuntala Devi ... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana & others ... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI Present : Mr. Jagdish Manchanda, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. DAG, Haryana. *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers 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? AJAY TEWARI, J.(Oral) The claim of the petitioner is with regard to the release of compassionate benefits under the policy of 2006 on account of the death of her husband Lt. Sh. Sultan Singh in-service on 25.08.2006. Although some reliefs have been stated to have been granted yet it is not disputed that there are some other reliefs which have not been granted to the petitioner. After considering all the facts, this writ petition is disposed off with the direction to respondents No.1 to 3 to compute and release all the benefits which are due to the petitioner under the Policy of 2006 with regard to the compassionate benefits for government servant who died during service. In my opinion, it would be in the interest of justice to CWP No.3547 of 2008 -2- award interest @8% per annum to the petitioner for the delayed payment w.e.f. 01.01.2007 till the date of actual payment within 3 months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. In case the payment is not made in the said period then further interest @ 8% per annum on the amount of interest also would be payable to the petitioner. Consequently, the writ petition is disposed off. February 02, 2009 (AJAY TEWARI) sonia JUDGE