CWP No.19378 of 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.19378 of 2008 Date of decision : 12.5.2010 Jagjivan Ram and others ...Petitioners Versus Punjab State Electricity Board and others …Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL **** Present: Mr. Gauravjit Singh, Advocate, for Mr. R S Bajaj, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. P S Mattewal, Advocate, for the respondents. **** AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. (ORAL) The petitioners have approached this Court under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus for directing the respondents to release the monetary benefits on account of the overtime work done by them during the period from 01.10.2007 to 31.10.2008 along with interest thereon @ 12% per annum. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that the amount claimed in the writ petition has since been released to the petitioners and, therefore, the writ petition regarding claim of retrial benefits has been rendered infructuous. Learned counsel further states that liberty 1 CWP No.19378 of 2008 be granted to the petitioner to file a representation to the respondents for claiming the interest on account of the delay in making the payment. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of as infructuous with liberty to the petitioners to make a representation to the respondents showing that they are entitled to interest on the amount of retrial benefits due to delay in releasing the payment by the respondents. It is further directed that in case such a representation is filed, the same shall be decided by the respondents expeditiously, by passing a speaking order. May 12, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) atulsethi JUDGE 2