IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8238 of 2008 GENERAL MANAGER,N.E.RAILWAY & ORS Versus TULSI SINGH ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Ashok Kumar Keshri For the Respondents: None. ------------ P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal ------------ Dated, the 15th July, 2008. We heard counsel for the petitioners. 2. The grievance raised in the petition is confined to the award of interest by the Tribunal on un-paid amount. The counsel would submit that the interest was not even claimed by the claimant in the original application. 3. We are afraid, within a reasonable time, if the due payment was not made, the award of interest at the rate of 6% per annum is neither excessive nor exorbitant. As a matter of fact, the present litigation was avoidable since the principal amount has already been paid on 19.6.2003. The interest at the rate of 6% p.a. shall be payable only from the month of October, 2001 to 19.6.2003. 4. We find no justification to entertain this writ petition. It is dismissed in limine. R. M. Lodha, CJ Kishore K. Mandal, J AMIN/- - 2 -