CWP No. 602 of 2007 1 THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH * * * * * CWP No. 602 of 2007 Date of decision : May 23, 2007 * * * * * Govinder Kaur ............Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...........Respondents * * * * * CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M KUMAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARVIND KUMAR * * * * * Present: Mr. Suresh Goyal, Advocate for the petitioner(s). Mr. M.P Goswami, DAG, Punjab. Ms. Aman Sibia, Advocate for respondents no. 2 & 3. JUDGEMENT M.M KUMAR, J. The instant writ petition has been filed against the order dated 27.12.2005 (Annexure P-6), whereby the prayer of the petitioner for grant of family pension has been declined. In the record, it has been mentioned that petitioner's husband died on 14.1.2005 and the petitioner being his widow has claimed family pension. Ms. Sibia, learned counsel for respondents no. 2 & 3 has placed on record a copy of the order dated 18.5.2007 (Mark `A') stating therein that the family pension has been released to the petitioner. In view of this, the prayer made in the writ petition has been rendered infructuous. CWP No. 602 of 2007 2 However, Mr. Goyal, learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the family pension was payable much earlier and there is a delay in the payment of family pension. In view of the above, we dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondent to release interest @ 12% for the delayed payment of the family pension from the date it was payable till the date of its actual payment as has been laid down by a Full Bench judgement of this Court in R.S Randhawa v. State of Punjab 1997(3) RSJ 318. The writ petition stands disposed of. ( M.M KUMAR ) JUDGE May 23, 2007 ( ARVIND KUMAR ) ritu JUDGE CWP No. 602 of 2007 3