1 S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.5087/09 State of Raj. & Ors. Vs. Smt. Ramu Bai & Ors. Date of order: 22.05.2009 HON'BLE MR. PRAKASH TATIA, J. Mr. KK Shah for the petitioner. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. It is not in dispute that employee was facing criminal trial for embezzlement of Government money and no departmental enquiry was conducted against the employee who retired on attaining the age of superannuation on 30.9.1992 and he died on 12.6.2008. No pensionery benefit was given to the employee in his life time and his amount of gratuity and other benefits were with held without there being any order of any competent authority as it could not have been without holding employee guilty for any misconduct. The employee's wife and son tried to get the pensionery benefit of the deceased employee and that has not been paid in the last 14 years. The respondent No.1 has approached to this Court by filing writ petition No. 1501/02 and this Court vide order 24.5.2000 directed the petitioner to make a proper representation so that grievance may be redressed but that has 2 not been redressed for about seven years then the petitioner approached the Lok Adalat. In the above facts and circumstances, if the Lok Adalat has awarded the interest to the respondents applicants, the Lok Adalat have not any committed any illegality and rightly awarded the interest. There is no merit in the writ petition, hence, the writ petition is dismissed. (PRAKASH TATIA), J. arti