1 wp2068-10+1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.2068 OF 2010 AND WRIT PETITION NO.2303 OF 2010 Union of India ..Petitioner. V/s. B. Ramchandra & Anr. ..Respondents. Mr. R.B. Pardeshi for petitioner. Mr. Prakash Shah i/b. i/b. PDS Legal for respondent No.1. CORAM : J.P. DEVADHAR AND R.M. SAVANT, JJ. DATED : 8TH DECEMBER, 2010 P.C. :- 1. Heard. Rule. 2. Counsel for the respondent No.1 waives service. By consent of the parties, both the petitions are taken up for final hearing. 3. The question raised in these petitions is, whether the Settlement Commission was justified in holding that the Commission has no jurisdiction to levy interest on the amount settled. Counsel for 2 wp2068-10+1 the parties state that in view of the judgment of this Court in Union of India V/s. Valecha Engineering Limited reported in 2010 [249] E.L.T. 167 (Bom.), the Settlement Commission would have jurisdiction to levy interest. In this view of the matter, the orders of the Settlement Commission impugned in both the Writ Petitions are set aside to the extent of levy of interest and the matters are remanded back to decide the question of interest afresh and in accordance with law laid down by this Court in the above judgment. 4. Rule is made absolute in the above terms with no order as to costs. (R.M. SAVANT, J.) (J.P. DEVADHAR, J.)