THE HONOURABLE SMT. JUSTICE T. MEENA KUMARI AND THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE G.CHANDRAIAH W.P.No. 27818 of 2007 ORAL ORDER: (Per T. Meena Kumari, J) The Writ Petition is filed seeking to quash the orders of the learned A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad in O.A.No. 3040 of 2005 with V.M.A. No.765 of 2005 dated 8.6.2007. Brief facts of the Writ Petition are that: Respondent herein is the applicant and petitioners herein are the respondents in O.A.No. 3040 of 2005 before the learned A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad. For the purpose of convenience, the parties as arrayed before the learned tribunal are referred to hereinafter. Before the learned tribunal, the applicant has filed O.A. seeking to declare the action of the respondents in not settling and paying the pension and terminal benefits to him as wholly illegal, arbitrary, and consequently direct the respondents to settle and pay the arrears of pension and terminal benefits along with interest @ 24% per annum with effect from 1.7.2004 till the amounts are paid. The learned tribunal has allowed the O.A. observing that since the respondents have not released the pension or pensionary benefits immediately after retirement, the applicant is entitled to 12% interest on pension from the date of eligibility till the release of provisional pension and on the difference of pension not released till the date of its release. Further the learned tribunal directed the respondents to release the other terminal benefits with respect to gratuity etc and further on terminal benefits, the applicant is entitled to interest in accordance with the rules provided for the interest till the date of release. Heard the learned counsel for the parties. We have perused the entire record placed before this Court. Record shows that basing on the G.O.Rt.No. 1550, dated 3.12.2007, the Department has issued Memo No.3/Vig.II(1)/2001-37, dated 18.12.2007 according sanction to pay 12% interest on retirement gratuity as per sub-rule (1A) of Rule 46 of the A.P. Revised Pension Rules, 1980. It is also mentioned in the said Memo that the Government has implemented the orders of the learned A.P. Administrative Tribunal passed in O.A. Further, on perusal of the order goes to show that the tribunal has directed the department to pay interest @ 12% on pension from the date of eligibility till the release of provisional pension and on the difference of pension not released till the date of its release. In view of the facts and circumstances of the case, we do not find any illegality or irregularity in the order of the learned tribunal and the department is bound to obey the orders of the learned tribunal. Under these circumstances, the Writ Petition is not maintainable and the same is liable to be dismissed. Accordingly, the Writ Petition is dismissed. But, however, time is granted to the Department upto 30th August, 2008 for payment of interest @ 12% on pension from the date of eligibility till the release of provisional pension and on the difference of pension not released till the date of its release. With these observations, the Writ Petition is dismissed. _______________________ T. MEENA KUMARI, J ______________________ G. CHANDRAIAH, J 18.3.2008 CHV