CWP No.280 of 2010.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.280 of 2010 Date of decision : 19.5.2010 Rajbir Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL **** Present: Mr. K L Dhingra, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Deepak Girotra, AAG, Haryana, for respondent No.1. Mr. Ajay Nehra, Advocate, for respondent Nos.2 to 4. **** AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. (ORAL) The petitioner has approached this Court under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to release his retrial benefits, including pension, which became due to him consequent upon his retirement on 30.4.2006 after attaining the age of superannuation. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the amount claimed in the writ petition has since been released to the petitioner and, therefore, the writ petition regarding claim of retrial benefits has been rendered infructuous. Learned counsel further states that liberty may be granted to the petitioner to file a representation to the 1 CWP No.280 of 2010.doc respondents for claiming interest on account of delay in making the payment. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of as infructuous with liberty to the petitioner to make a representation to the respondents showing that he is entitled to interest on the amount of retrial benefits due to delay in releasing the payment by the respondents. It is further directed that in case such a representation is filed, the same shall be decided by the respondents expeditiously, by passing a speaking order. May 19, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) atulsethi JUDGE 2