CWP No. 13798 of 2007 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.13798 of 2007 Date of Decision: May 06, 2009 Harphool Singh ...... Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ...... Respondents Coram: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ajay Tewari Present: Mr.Virender Kumar, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Senior DAG, Haryana. **** 1. Whether Reporters of local papers 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. The dispute in this writ petition is with regard to interest on the delayed payment of retiral benefits. Undisputedly the pension was released to the petitioner after a period of one year and seven months. The reason given in the written statement in this context was that the pension case of the petitioner was sent to Accountant General, Haryana vide letter dated 09.03.2007 and all the formalities were finalised on 02.04.2007. Since the petitioner had earlier worked in Municipal Committees, therefore, some information was to be received from Municipal Committee, Sohna and Firozepur Jhirkha which was supplied late. The delayed submission of requisite information CWP No. 13798 of 2007 2 by the aforesaid Municipal Committees resulted in delayed payment of retiral benefits to the petitioner. In these circumstances, in my opinion it would be in the interest of justice to award interest @ 8% per month to the petitioner for a period of one year out of one year and seven months delay in payment of retiral dues. Needful be done within 3 months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. In case the payment is not made within 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. (AJAY TEWARI) JUDGE May 06 , 2009 sunita