COCP No. 1876 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP No. 1876 of 2010 Date of decision:- 8.11.2010 Bhupinder Singh Bedi ......petitioner vs. Arun Goyal and ors ......respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA Present: - Mr. Vivek Thakur, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. S.S. Sahu, AAG, Punjab HEMANT GUPTA, J (ORAL) The writ petition filed by the petitioner was allowed by this Court on 28.1.2010 with the direction to the respondents to conclude the pending enquiry, if any against the petitioner by 30.4.2010 and thereafter release the pensionary benefits and gratuity etc., to the petitioner by 30.6.2010. In case the petitioner is found innocent in the matter, it was ordered that the petitioner shall also be entitled to interest @ 7% per annum on the afore-stated arrears. Mr. Sahu has filed an affidavit on behalf of Chief Engineer Irrigation Works, Punjab Chandigarh pointing out that no enquiry against the petitioner is pending and Death-Cum-Retirement-Gratuity has been released to the petitioner along with interest thereon. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the interest on the amount of gratuity is payable from the date of retirement whereas respondents have paid the meager amount of interest of Rs. 17,519/- on the COCP No. 1876 of 2010 -2- amount of gratuity. The question whether the petitioner is entitled to interest from the date of retirement or from the date of the order or from which of the date is a question which is required to be adjudicated upon in separate proceedings. But since the amount of interest has been paid as per the calculations of the respondents, I do not find any case is made out for continuation of the present contempt proceedings. Consequently, the present contempt petition is dismissed. However, it shall be open to the petitioner to take recourse to the remedies available to him in respect of the balance amount of interest, if any, in appropriate proceedings according to law. (HEMANT GUPTA) JUDGE 8.11.2010 preeti