C.W.P. No. 16013 of 2009 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 16013 of 2009 Date of Decision : August 24, 2011 Rattan Sarup Gupta .... PETITIONER Vs. The State of Haryana and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH * * * Present : Mr. Surinder Gandhi, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Priyanka Dalal, AAG, Haryana. Mr. Mohnish Sharma, Advocate, for Mr. Narender Hooda, Advocate, for respondents No. 2 to 5. * * * AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (ORAL) Counsel for the petitioner restricts his claim in the present writ petition to the grant of interest on the delayed payment of the pension which the petitioner was entitled on his super-annuation on 30.07.2008. He contends that the provisional pension was released to him vide order dated 16.07.2009, which resulted in the delay in payment of pension, for which he is entitled to interest. C.W.P. No. 16013 of 2009 2 The contention of the counsel for the petitioner is clearly made out from the reply, which has been filed by respondents No. 2 to 5 and is mentioned in reply to paras 6 to 8. In view of the above, there being no dispute that there is a delay of about little more than one year in the disbursement of the pension to the petitioner, the petitioner is entitled to interest. Accordingly, a direction is issued to respondents No. 2 to 5 to release the amount of interest @ 7% from the date of accrual till the date of payment of pension after calculating the same within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. The petition stands disposed of accordingly. (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) August 24, 2011 JUDGE pj