C.W.P No. 14382 of 2008 ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P No. 14382 of 2008 Date of decision : January 14, 2009 Vidya Sagar Virmani ...... Petitioner (s) v. State of Haryana and others ...... Respondent(s) *** CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI *** Present : Mr. Rohit Ahuja, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.A.K.Gupta, 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) It is not disputed that there is delay in payment of pension and gratuity to the petitioner, who claims interest on this account. Counsel for the petitioner also urges that his prayer for commutation of pension has been ignored. With regard to commutation of pension, the petitioner may file a representation, which shall be considered sympathetically and decided by the respondents within three months of the filing thereof. As regards interest on delayed payment of gratuity and pension, C.W.P No. 14382 of 2008 ::2:: the only plea taken is that since the petitioner had served at various places, it was a time consuming task to verify his service. In my opinion, this argument does not cut much ice. The petitioner was retired on 28.2.2006 and, therefore, after a period of six months he would be entitled to interest. In the circumstances, the petitioner would be entitled to interest @ 8% p.a w.e.f 1.9.2006 till the date of actual payment. The said payment shall also be released to the petitioner within a period of three months of the receipt of a certified copy of this order. This writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms. ( AJAY TEWARI ) January 14, 2009. JUDGE `kk'