IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 6090 of 2009 DATE OF DECISION: December 16, 2010 Pritam Singh .........PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Punjab and others ......RESPONDENT(S) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA Present: Mr. V.K. Shukla, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Ms. Charu Tuli, Sr. DAG, Punjab. AJAI LAMBA, J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to pay interest @ 12% p.a. on delayed release of retiral benefits to the petitioner. 2. On going through the contents of affidavit filed by Sh. Jashanjit Singh, Tehsildar Sultanpur Lodhi, District Kapurthala on behalf of respondents no. 1 and 2 sworn on 05.10.2010, in context of Annexure R-1, I do not find that any substantial delay has been caused in release of retiral benefits. To some extent, even the petitioner can be held responsible for the delay and, therefore, I do not find any ground to invoke extra ordinary writ jurisdiction to award interest. 3. Petition dismissed. 16.12.2010 (AJAI LAMBA) shivani JUDGE 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?