HIGH CQURT OF CHHATnSGARH AT BILASPUR PETITIONERS RESPONDENTS T^' ^< WRIT PETITION No. 2591 of2001 Baiu Smgh Thakw, aged.about 63 yeatB-Sosi of Late Suryabalij Sm^i Thafcur, ir@si<iersf :: of BarasiAela^ Tah. Sarangarfa, Distt. RaipA, Clihattisgarfi. (Siixce dece^ed) . • : ;;; ' Throu^i LRs: A. Smt. SIiaiiti Bai^aged 60 yea^ widow.of.L8it^.^ Banu Sin^i Thakur. B. Ra^iv^idra Smgh, aged .38 year^ ^saa of Late — Benu Singh Thak.w., '., VERSUS : 1. State of Chhattisgarh Throu^i Prisicipa!. Secretary^ Pandiayat aiid GraiBm Vikas Dq^. D.KBIliw^,;'' - Raipur, .. . . • - .,.-.. -.. •.••.-•..^^^^^^^^^ 2. Chief Executive Officer, Jila PmidMyat (D(.R.D.4),; Raipur, CMiattisgaA ........:....... . . .. .••••.•.^.••.^••.^^^^^^^ 3. Dteputy Dircctar^ Paadhayat aad Social %c|&re,, Raiprh, Chhattisgarh. 4, Chief Execirtiw Officar^. Jaiipad, PaoAa^at,^ -SaraiigaA, Distt. RaigaA, Chhattisgarh. -: - -• - :—••• 5. Coil^ctor, Raigarfa, ChhattisgaA .:, ,, :," SSIIZE3ITION UNDER ARTICLE 226/227 OF THE CON8TmJTK)N.QFO©IA SB: Hon»MfiShri Satish K. Afflxthotri, J. Present: Shri Kamai Pandey.Ach^catefOTtli^ petitioxiers. -•::•':- Shri Satish Gupta, Deputy Govemmeiit Advoeate fbr fh©State/ respondent No, I< 3 and 5. Shri H.8,AIitawalia, Axlwcate oti bAalfofSlm Pmkaj, .Shr|^istova,. AdvocatefbrfherespoindesitNo. 4. ORALORDER (Passed on 22nd day of Jmiary, 2QQ8D i ; 1. Leamed counsel appearmg fbr fhe petitiosiCT submttB ttiat tfae totat amount of gratuity i.e. Rs. 1,05,158/- has been paid to the petitioner m three installmente but ttie petitioner m entitied to intemst on ddayed paym^rt ofgratuity. . : --- -: v ^ 2. Sub-section (3) of section 7 of The Payment of Oratuity Act, 1972 (hereimfter referredto as 'fhe Act» 1972) prescribes Asat ttte^employer shall arrange to pay ttte amount ofgratuity witiito tttirty days from the Vw^-- 4. date it becomes payable to the PCTSOH to wfaom te gratuity w payable. Sub-section 3(A) farther prescribes that if tfae amount -of gratoity payable uii<ler ^iib-section (3) m: not paid by the emplc^er wiffcim-the period specified m siib-sectioB. (3), the employer shaUpay, from:tfae cn which the gratuity becomes payable to the date on which it m paid, simple interest at mch rate, f&ot exceedisig tie rate aotifed by..the Central Ckwemment from timeto time for repayment. of..toig4CTm. deposits, as that Govemmsnt raay, by iiotificatiao speciJfy. Leamed counsel further siibmits fhat th.e petitioner. •retirtd 011: ^uperammation j&-om service on 31.05.1997. The gratoity amcMWt ou^it to have beea paid wiliiin.a period. ofone-m<Mitti,:TheBam^ was ^xrt-pmd and Ifae pavmerrt was inade m three isi^ta!toi^tifs» LaBt.iristellj^Msit was paidon03.01.2008. Shri H.S.Ahluwalia, Advocate ayyearisig on be^f of SM ParA^j SMva^tava, Advocate for respondent No. 4 submits that ttie raspondent No, 4 has xio objecAioii m makmg fhe payment of isitereBt m accordmice with law, i.e. simple interest @ 6%, calciilated fromthe date itbecMae payable imder the provisions of sub section (3)'; of sectioa 7 ofthe A.ct, 1972. Havmg regard to the facts and cireumstances of the case and the provisions of law, the petitioner is aortitled to interest on tlie delayed payment @ 6% per asmum. The respondeirt No, 4 is aooordiiigly ordered. The payment shall be ma4e as eMpeditiously as poBsitrie, prefbrably wifhm a period offaiir moirtlis, . " ;•. - - .. -.- In view ofthe above, the petition staiids dispoeed of No order asto costs. Amit Sd/- Satish K. Agnihotri Judge