IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No. 3794 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : October 07, 2009 Smt. Alpana Sharma and others Appellants Versus Union of India and another Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIRMALJIT KAUR Present : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sharma, Advocate for the appellants Mr. Nitin Kumar, Advocate for the respondents NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) C.M. No. 21329-CII of 2008 C.M. is allowed with all just exceptions. C.M. No. 21330-CII of 2008 This is an application for condonation of delay of 107 days in filing the appeal. For the reasons recorded in the application, delay of 107 days in filing the appeal is hereby condoned and the application is, accordingly, allowed. FAO No. 3794 of 2008 The only prayer made in the present appeal is for grant of interest from the date of the claim petition filed before Railway Claim Tribunal. Learned counsel for the respondents does not dispute that the same is covered by judgment of this court rendered in FAO No. 690 of 2009 titled as Sikander Singh versus Union of India decided on 23.9.2009. In view of the same, the present appeal is, accordingly, disposed of in the same terms as FAO No. 690 of 2009 with a direction to FAO No. 3794 of 2008 2 the respondents to pay 9% interest on the amount awarded by the tribunal from the date of filing of the claim petition till its actual realization. (Nirmaljit Kaur) 07.10.2009 Judge reena