IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 7353 of 2009 Date of Decision: May 15, 2009 Krishan Chander Gupta ...... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Tewari Present: Mr. K.S.Banyana, Advocate for the petitioner. **** 1. Whether Reporters of local papers 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. The petitioner is aggrieved of the action of the respondents in having withheld Rs. 20,000/- from his DCRG despite the fact that he retired as far back as 30.9.2007. He had earlier filed CWP No. 20639 of 2008 praying for the payment of this amount as well as payment of interest on the ground that even the other retiral dues had been delayed. That writ petition was disposed of by order dated 11.12.2008 whereby the respondents were directed to pass a speaking order on the representation of the petitioner. By the impugned order dated 18.2.2009 the claim of the petitioner for interest has been turned down on the ground of late submission of pension papers by him. In the present writ petition no CWP No. 7353 of 2009 -2- averment has been made to controvert this finding. With regard to the withheld amount of Rs.20,000/- in the impugned order it has been state3d that the case for the release of the same is being referred to the Accountant General, Haryana. In this regard in my opinion it would be in the interest of justice to direct the respondents to take a final decision on the admissibility of payment of this amount of Rs. 20,000/- within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. Incase it is found that this amount has to be released to the petitioner then the same would be released with interest at the rate of 8% p.a. from 1.10.2007 till the date of payment. The writ petition stands disposed of accordingly. (AJAY TEWARI) JUDGE May 15, 2009 sunita