BEFORE THE LOK ADALAT HELD AT HIGH COURT PATNA CWJC No.18958 of 2008 Petitioner :NAGINA PRASAD Respondent :THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS Present:- Member(Judicial) :Mr. Justice Navaniti Prasad Singh Member(Legal Profession) : Sri Ashok Kumar Chowdhary, Advocate AWARD The dispute between the parties having been referred for determination to the Lok Adalat and the parties having compromised/ settled the case/matter, the following award is passed in terms of the settlement: Petitioner has retired in the year 1996. As his retiral dues were not being cleared, he filed a writ petition in 1997, which was disposed of in the year 1998 with a direction to pay the retiral dues within two months. Petitioner then filed this writ petition claiming interest over delayed payment of retiral dues, which was delayed by almost ten years on some counts .The matter having been referred and having been considered by the parties, they agreed that wherever any amount of retiral dues has been paid with delay of more than six months, the petitioner would be entitled to get interest for the delayed period of payment either at the statutory rate or 6% till payment, whichever is higher. For the said, the petitioner may make representation before appropriate authority of the State in that regard and it is agreed that the said authoritity would dispose of the representation within three months and make payment along with disposal of representation. The parties are informed that the court fee, if any, paid by any of them shall be refunded. ___________________ Petitioner/Petitioner's representative) ___________________ Respondent/Respondent's representative) (Navaniti Prasad Singh) (Ashok Kumar Chowdhary), Advocate Member(Judicial) Member(Legal Profession) Date :01-05-2010 (Seal of the Authority)