CWP No. 18282 of 2011 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH -- CWP No. 18282 of 2011 Date of decision: 28.09.2011 Madan Lal Mittal ........ Petitioner Versus Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam & others .......Respondent(s) Coram: Hon'ble Ms Justice Nirmaljit Kaur -.- Present: Mr. Rose Gupta, Advocate for the petitioner -.- 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgement? 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest? Nirmaljit Kaur, J. (Oral) Petitioner herein is seeking direction to the respondents to pay interest on the delayed payments of the arrears. It is contended that the petitioner retired as Store Keeper on 31.05.2002 from the office of respondent No. 2 and thereafter, he was granted retiral benefits in pursuance to the directions issued by this Court after the dismissal of the SLP filed by the respondents against the judgement passed by this Court. However, principal amount i.e. Rs.2,22,511/- are still pending on account of the arrears of the revised pension. The interest too has not been paid on the delayed payment of arrears. The petitioner made various representations (P11, P12 and P13). CWP No. 18282 of 2011 2 However, the same are still pending with the respondents and no decision has been taken by them on the same. In view of the above, the present writ petition is disposed of with direction to the respondents to decide the representations/demand notice (P11, P12 and P13) filed by the petitioner as expeditiously as possible, preferably within one month from the date of receipt of the certified copy of this order. In the case, the petitioner is found entitled for the said amount, the same shall be released to him forthwith. However, if, the petitioner's claim is to be rejected, the respondent shall pass a speaking order. (Nirmaljit Kaur) Judge 28.09.2011 mohan