IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No 10654 of 2007 Sri Kailash Choudhary, Son of late Bhattu Choudhary, Resident of Village - Mayari, P O - Tarwan, P S - Fatehpur, Dist - Gaya - Petitioner Versus 1 The State of Bihar 2 The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna 3 The Commissioner -cum- Secretary, Excise Department, Bihar, Vikash Bhawan, Patna 4 The Assistant Commissioner, Excise, Gaya 5 The Excise Superintendent, Nawada 6 The Treasury Officer, Gaya - Respondents ----------- 2 04.12.2008 The petitioner superannuated as Excise Constable from the office of Superintendent of State Excise, Nawada on 31st July, 1996. The Vth Pay Commission recommendations having been accepted with effect from 01.01.1996 and the monetary benefits were payable with effect from 01.04.1997, the petitioner claimed that not only has his salary to be revised but consequently his pension also. Neither the counsel for the State nor the counsel for the Accountant General opposes the entitlement of the petitioner. On behalf of Accountant General, it is stated that revised Pension Payment Order has been sent to the Treasury Officer, Gaya. Now that particulars with regard to the revised PPO being PPO No 272120 which was revised and sent in the month of October 2007, a copy whereof is being given to the learned counsel for the petitioner. In my view, in view of the fair stand as aforesaid, nothing remains in this writ petition any more except to award cost. Petitioner would be entitled to interest at the rate of 6% on the amount of pension due and not paid till the date it is paid. This is so because though the petitioner’s pension was liable to be revised in the year 1997 itself, the 2 question of revision was taken up only once this writ petition was filed and ultimately the revision was done on realization of the mistake in the year 2007 that is ten years after it was due. The State must assure that the interest is calculated and paid over to the petitioner within a period of one month from the date of production of a copy of this order before the Superintendent of Excise, Nawada. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)