HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL AT NAINITAL. Writ Petition No. 1137 (SB) 2002 Sri O.P. Chawla S/o Sri Agra Ram Chawla, Resident of 67/30, Tyagi Road, Dehradun. ----Petitioner. Versus 1. The Regional Manager, Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, Dehradun, 2. Assistant Regional Manager (Finance) Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, Dehradun, 3. General Manager, Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation, Head Quarter Dehradun, ----Respondents. Sri Sharad Sharma Adv. and Sri Jagdish S. Bisht, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri A.N. Sharma, learned counsel for the respondents. Hon’ble M.M. Ghildiyal, J. Heard learned counsel for the parties. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking following reliefs:- i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to pay the interest at the rate of 18% payable on the pensionery benefit withheld by the respondents, ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to pay pensionery benefits amount and difference of new pay scale, difference of encashment amount to the petitioner, 2 iii) Issue any other suitable writ, order or direction as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper under the facts and circumstances of the present case, iv) Award the costs of the petition in favour of the petitioner against the respondents. A counter affidavit has been filed by the respondents. In para-4 of the counter affidavit it has been averred by the respondents that the pensionery contribution in respect to the petitioner has already been deposited with the Directorate of Pension Lucknow amounting to Rs. 1,21,042/- and Rs. 1,88,972/- has also been deposited with the same authority vide order dated 10.08.2001. A sum of Rs. 14,657/- towards difference of pay in view of 5th Pay Commission and the difference of leave encashment amounting to Rs. 5,617/- has also been paid to the petitioner, and therefore nothing to be paid to the petitioner by the respondent-Corporation. In view of the above averments made by the respondent- Corporation, the writ petition has rendered infructuous. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed being infructuous. (M.M. Ghildiyal, J.) November 1, 2006: NCM: