F.A.O..No.1716 of 2008 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH F.A.O..No.1716 of 2008. Decided on....27.05.2009. Veena Rani and others. ..Appellants VERSUS Union of India. ..Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAKESH KUMAR JAIN PRESENT Mr.K.D.S.Sandhu, Advocate for the appellants. Mr.Jagdish Marwaha, Advocate for the respondent. RAKESH KUMAR JAIN, J. This appeal is directed against the order dated 15.10.2007, passed by the Railway Claims Tribunal, Chandigarh, whereby the claim petition filed by the appellants has been 1 F.A.O..No.1716 of 2008 allowed and it has been further ordered that the respondent railway shall make payment within 60 days failing which the appellants shall be entitled to interest @ 9 per cent per annum from the date of the order till the date of payment. The only grievance in this appeal, raised by the counsel for the appellant, is in respect of the order relating to interest. It is submitted that the learned Tribunal has committed an error by allowing the payment without interest up to 60 days from the date of the order and with 9 per cent interest per annum from the date of the order till the date of payment. The learned counsel also submitted that the appellants are entitled to interest @ 9 per cent per annum from the date of filing of the claim petition till the date of actual realization. This issue is no more res integra that the interest has to be paid not from the date of the order but from the date of the petition till the date of realization. Learned counsel for the respondent has failed to support the order of 2 F.A.O..No.1716 of 2008 the learned Tribunal. In view of the above, the present appeal is allowed. The Award dated 15.10.2007 passed by the Tribunal is modified to the extent that the appellants shall be entitled to interest @ 9 per cent per annum from the date of the filing of the claim petition till the date of its actual payment. No costs. (RAKESH KUMAR JAIN) JUDGE May 27, 2009. rkarora. 3