IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.13059 of 2008 Date of decision: January 09, 2009 Mohan Singh ... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana & another ... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI Present : Mr. N.K. Bansal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. DAG, Haryana. *** 1. Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? AJAY TEWARI, J.(Oral) The only dispute in this writ petition remained with regard to interest on the delayed payment of retiral benefits. Undisputedly the pension was released to the petitioner after 1½ years. The reason given in the written statement in this regard was that the service record of the petitioner was misplaced due to a fire in the depot. In the circumstances, this Court directed respondents to release all the retiral benefits to the petitioner as early as possible and the department released all the dues on 03.10.2008. Yet it cannot be denied that monies which rightfully belong to the petitioner were utilised by the respondents. In these circumstances, in my opinion it would be in CWP No.13059 of 2008 -2- the interest of justice to award interest @8% per month to the petitioner for a period of 12 months for the delayed payment of retiral dues within 3 months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order. In case the payment is not made in the said period then further interest @ 8% per month on the amount of interest also would be payable to the petitioner. Consequently, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. January 09, 2009 (AJAY TEWARI) sonia JUDGE