IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.O.C.P. No. 1171 of 2008 Date of Decision : January 16, 2009 Sajjan Singh ....Petitioner Versus Sh. Anurag Rastogi, IAS,Commissioner and Director General, School Education, Haryana .....Respondent CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE T.P.S. MANN Present : Mr. R.N. Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. S.K. Hooda, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana for the respondents. T.P.S. MANN, J. (Oral) Reply filed by the respondent today in the Court is taken on record. At the very outset, learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner has since been paid the gratuity and the pension. However, in view of the order dated May 19, 2008, the petitioner was also entitled to interest as the aforementioned amounts were paid after the expiry of period of three months. Learned counsel for the respondent has submitted that on delayed payment of gratuity and pension, an amount of Rs. 24,486/- has been paid as interest on 12.1.2009. In this regard, learned counsel for the respondent has produced photocopy of letter dated 12.1.2009 issued by Deputy Director, S.C.E.R.T., Haryana. In view of the above, it cannot be said that the petitioner has not been paid the interest on the delayed payment of gratuity and pension. Accordingly, order dated 19.5.2008 passed by this Court stands complied with. The petition is, therefore, dismissed. ( T.P.S. MANN ) January 16, 2009 JUDGE satish