IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP No.2262 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision : 22.12.2011 M/s A.B. Construction ... Petitioner versus Sh. Vajralingam, IAS & others ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G.S.SANDHAWALIA Present : Mr. Gagan Pradeep S. Bal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. M.C.Berry, Addl. AG, Punjab. **** G.S.Sandhawalia, J. This Court in CWP No.247 of 2011 filed by the petitioner directed that the Chief Engineer, Drainage, Punjab and Deputy Chief Engineer, Shahpur Kandi Power Circle, Punjab State Electricity Board (now Powercom) to hold a meeting within two weeks and release the petitioner's due payment within a period of two weeks thereafter, failing which the petitioner would be entitled to interest @7% per annum. Aggrieved with the non-compliance of the said order, the present contempt petition has been filed. Affidavit of Sh. Vinod Kumar Gupta, Executive Engineer, Hoshiarpur, Drainage Division Hoshiarpur has been filed in which it has been deposed that a meeting was hold on 22.02.2011 and it was decided to release the payment of Rs.19,02,190/- in view of the claim of the petitioner of Rs.17.60 lacs. The said amount also includes the amount of security of the petitioner. A cheque dated 09.12.2011 amounting to Rs.20,576/- drawn on Axis Bank Ltd. bearing No.039332 COCP No.2262 of 2011 (O&M) -2- in favour of the petitioner-company has been produced in Court today, which is against the interest element. The detail of the interest is mentioned as under: Relief period given by Hon'ble Court = 28 days Delayed period = 89days – 28 days = 61 days Amount of interest to the petitioner =1758854x61x7/365x100 = 20,576/- In view of the substantial compliance of the order passed by this Court, no further orders are called for in the present contempt petition. However, if the petitioner is aggrieved against the amount of interest paid by cheque to him in Court today, he is free to agitate his claim of interest in appropriate proceedings. Accordingly, the said petition is disposed of. December 22, 2011 (G.S.Sandhawalia) sonia Judge