IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P.No.14693 of 2009 Date of Decision:- 30.05.2011 Smt.Vimal Saini ....Petitioner(s) vs. State of Punjab and others ....Respondent(s) *** CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH *** Present:- Mr.Vikas Bahl, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.J.S.Puri, Add.A.G., Punjab, for respondents No.1 and 2. Mr.Jatin Salwan, Advocate, for respondents No.3 and 4. *** AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH, J. (Oral) Counsel for the petitioner states that the benefits, as claimed by the petitioner in the present writ petition, to a great extent have been paid except the quantum where the petitioner is entitled to more but the respondent-Management has released less. He states that the petitioner would make a representation to the respondent-Management, which may consider the same and dispose it of within some specified time. He further contends that there is a delay in payment of the retiral dues, which is beyond a period of three years, for which the petitioner should be held entitled to interest. In the light of the statement made by the counsel for the petitioner, the present writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file a representation putting-forth her claims which she is of the C.W.P.No.14693 of 2009 -2- opinion had not been paid to her towards her late husband or she was entitled to more. In case, such a representation is made within a period of three weeks from today, the same shall be considered and decided by the respondent-Management-respondent Nos.3 and 4 within a period of three months from its submission. The decision so taken on the said representation be conveyed to the petitioner forthwith. As regards the claim of the petitioner for grant of interest on the delayed payment, the same is assessed at 6% per annum which shall be disbursed to the petitioner on the amount already paid from the date of its accrual till the date of payment, within a period of two months from today. In case, the claim made by the petitioner in the representation is accepted, the same parameters of interest would be applicable to that also. May 30, 2011 ( AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) poonam JUDGE