IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 14327 of 2007 DATE OF DECISION : 12.10.2009 Ajmer Kaur ... PETITIONER Versus State of Punjab and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. J.S. Brar, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. J.S. Puri, Addl. A.G., Punjab, for respondent No.1. Mr. G.S. Sandhawalia, Advocate, for respondents No.2 and 3. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) The petitioner, widow of the deceased employee who died on 22.6.2000, has filed the instant petition for issuing direction to the respondents to release the service benefits of the deceased employee. During the pendency of the writ petition, an amount of Rs.2,93,352/- has been released to the petitioner towards all the retiral benefits of the deceased employee. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is entitled for interest on the aforesaid delayed payment. In this regard, the respondents were asked to explain. Accordingly, an affidavit of Shri I.P.S. Malhotra, CWP No. 14327 of 2007 -2- Manager (Legal and Arbitration) has been filed, wherein it has been stated that at the time of the death of the deceased employee, three charge sheets were pending against him. In addition to those three charges, various recoveries were also to be effected from the deceased employee, but on the representation dated 31.10.2003, made by the petitioner, a committee was constituted by the Board of Directors and ultimately, the said committee recommended for writing off the losses of stores amounting to Rs. 1,88,11,794.85 of the share of apportionment of the deceased. It is further stated that in view of the said recommendation, the Board of Directors in its meeting dated 26.3.2009 accorded permission to write off the dues recoverable from the deceased employee, and in view of the said decision, the retiral dues to the tune of Rs. 2,93,352/- were paid to the petitioner. In these circumstances, I do not find any ground to award interest to the petitioner on the delayed payment. Dismissed. October 12, 2009 ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) ndj JUDGE