IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH FAO No. 4239 of 2008 (O&M) Date of decision : October 13, 2009 Smt. Kitabo Appellant Versus Union of India Respondent CORAM : HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIRMALJIT KAUR Present : Mr. Namit Sharma, Advocate for the appellant Mr. Nitin Kumar, Advocate for the respondent NIRMALJIT KAUR, J. (ORAL) C.M. No. 23296-CII of 2008 This is an application for condonation of delay of 54 days in filing the appeal. For the reasons recorded in the application, delay of 54 days in filing the appeal is hereby condoned and the application is, accordingly, allowed. C.M. No. 23297-CII of 2008 C.M. is allowed with all just exceptions. FAO No. 4239 of 2008 This is an appeal against the order dated 26.5.2008 passed by the Railway Claim Tribunal vide which the amount of compensation has been granted but no interest has been granted. The limited prayer made in the present appeal is for grant of interest from the date of the claim petition filed before Railway Claims Tribunal. Learned counsel for the respondent 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. FAO No. 4239 of 2008 2 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 the respondent to pay 9% interest on the amount awarded by the tribunal from the date of filing of the claim petition till its actual realization. However, the appellant is a major and dire need of money, in view of the same, the amount of compensation alongwith interest shall be released within four weeks from the receipt of this order. (Nirmaljit Kaur) 13.10.2009 Judge reena