IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11855 of 2005 UMA SHANKAR KATARUKA Versus THE BIHAR STATE HOUSING BOARD& OTHERS ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Gaurav Govind. For the Housing Board: Mr. Ram Kishore Singh. ------- 04. 06.01.2009 I.A. No. 2747 of 2008 filed on behalf of the petitioner is allowed. Petitioner is one of those persons who has failed to get a piece and parcel of land of which he was an applicant years ago. Shorn of other details of litigation the matter has finally boiled down to this that the petitioner is willing to accept refund of deposit which he has deposited with the respondent Housing Board with statutory interest i.e. 5 per cent simple interest over the deposit. However, it is also noticed that in similar matter in the case of Bhoodeo Jha which was CWJC No.14400 of 2002, Board was directed to give 12 per cent interest and the above direction was affirmed by a Division Bench. Against LPA order SLP (Civil) No.21808 of 2003 has been filed by the respondent Housing Board and the matter is under consideration with regard to the rate of interest. In view of the above the right of the petitioner to claim additional interest of 7 per cent over and above the statutory interest of 5 per cent will be subject to the result of the SLP in question. The writ application is disposed of with the direction upon - 2 - the Housing Board to refund the money with interest to the petitioner on or before 31st March, 2009. rkp (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J)