CWP No.11148 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.11148 of 2008 Decided on : 05.03.2009 Om Parkash Sheokand ....Petitioner VERSUS State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI Present:- Mr. G. P. Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. DAG, Haryana. AJAY TEWARI J. The petitioner has filed this writ petition challenging the withholding of Rs.1 lakh from his GPF account. In reply, it has now been stated that the said amount could not be withheld as there was no amount standing against the name of the petitioner. Consequently, the said amount has been refunded to the petitioner in the month of July, 2008 alongwith interest upto February, 2008. The only reason for non-grant of interest from February, 2008 to July, 2008 which has been shown by the Deputy Accountant General (Funds) is that the interest for the period beyond six months cannot be granted by the Accountant General and has to be authorized only by the Administrative Department. In view of the facts, that amount was illegally withheld. There is no justification for denying the interest to the petitioner for the period from February, 2008 till date of payment. Consequently, this writ petition is disposed of with the CWP No.11148 of 2008 -2- direction to the respondents to pay the amount of interest due from the month of February, 2008 till the date of payment within a period of one month following which the petitioner is also to be entitled for further interest of 8% on this amount till the date of actual payment. March 05, 2009 ( AJAY TEWARI ) ashish JUDGE