IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 3758 OF 2007 DATE OF DECISION: March 14, 2008 Parties Name Smt. Parkash Wati ..PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Haryana and others ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH HON'BLE MR JUSTICE K. C. PURI PRESENT: Mr. Ravi Verma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Harish Rathee, Sr. D.A.G., Haryana; JASBIR SINGH, J. (oral) Order. By filing this writ petition, petitioner has prayed that directions be issued to the respondents to release amount of gratuity, computation of pension, leave encashment etc. due to her husband, who retired from service on November 30, 2004. Subsequent thereto, he had died on June 14, 2005. It is an admitted fact that when husband of the petitioner retired from service, criminal proceedings were going on against him and three other Lecturers. Show cause notice was also issued to him for initiation of departmental proceedings. On account of dropping of criminal proceedings, the departmental proceedings were also dropped on January 30, 2007. In reply filed, it has been stated that whole of the amount towards retiral benefits except commutted value of pension has been released in favour of the petitioner. It has further been said that the petitioner is getting full CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 3758 OF 2007 -2- family pension. In view of this, grouse of the petitioner remains only with regard to delayed payment and the petitioner has claimed interest thereon. In reply filed, it has been said that the payment was delayed because criminal and departmental proceedings were pending against the deceased Government employee. Be that as it may, in view of disputed facts, it is not possible for us to decide the same in writ petition. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of leaving it open to the petitioner to claim interest before the competent civil Court, if so advised. ( Jasbir Singh ) Judge ( K. C. Puri ) March 14, 2008. Judge DKC