CATURE. CHHATISGARH AT BILASUR. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDI OF 2006. $§§g§i§ié§ WRIT PETITION NO. % 4—69 z Harish Chandra Pase, PETITIONER RESPOND ENTS. / WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226/227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF TNDIA FOR ISSUANCE OF APPROPRIATE WRIT §Si i ORDER {8) j DIRECTION (SI ETC. S/O Late Shri Ramadhin Pasei Retired Meter Reader R/o HIG—é, Arya Cclany, Tifra, Bilaspur. Bilaspur Dist C.G. State. VERSUS 1‘ C.G.State Electrcity Board, Through Chairman CG State Electricity Board, Raipur. C.G.State. 2) Chief Engineer(O&M) CG State Electrieity Beard, Bilaspur. C.G. State: 3) Executive Engineeer, r C.G.State Electricity Board, Manendragarh, Korea Dist. CG State. ‘x Lugwgy E .. Sb w Mr. Pawan Shrivastava Advocate takes notice on behalf of Mr. A.S. Gaharwar, learned couns for the respondent/Board. Heard. By this writ petition un er Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of india, the petitioner has praye for a direction to the respondent/Board for payment of the retiral benems due to him with interest at the prevailing market rate. r is that the petitioner was working as - Madhya Pradesh Electricity Board at Jabalpur and he was allocat , after bifurcation of the Madhya Praoresh Electricity Board, to Chhattisg rh State Electricity Board. The petitioner took voluntary retirement after completion of twenty Eve years of service on 25.1 1 .1 999. The responde ts' accepted the application of the petitioner for retirement vide order date 06.09.2005 w.e.f. 25.1 1 .1999. Thereafter the respondents were require to pay all retiral benefits to the petitioner. The pension was calculated a drpaid to the petitioner on 31 .01 .2006, but, the benefits namely, gratuity nd GPF for which the petitioner is entitled, has not yet been paid to h . The petitioner served legal notice to respondent No.2 on 20.052 06 for payment of the said amount with interest @ 24% per annu Even aher receipt of the notice, the respondents are not passing ny order for the said payment. The Chief Engineer has also been given direction to the Executive Engineer to pay the retiral benefits to the peti oner and then the petitioner was informed that the pass book is not avail ble and missing as reported by respondent Metres) The case of the petit meter-reader in the‘ erstwhi e e i l i m XI—HC-22 3aW, WW,W mm mmw AzxmWae In 200 2 \ m 311%“a mm mmm W? nma’fEWW ma;W c, éamm 12.07.2006. Mr. KR. Nair, learned c unsel for the petitioner. J XI-HC-22 mm WW due to him. Learned counsel for th petitioner submitted that the respondents be directed to decide the rep esentation and notice of the petitioner and pass appropriate order regard g payment of the GPF and gratuity amount as admissible to the petitianer to which ,iearned counsel for the respondents has no objection. Having heard learned obunsel for the parties and having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, without expressing any opinion on merits of the casef the limiteed prayer laid by the learned counsel for the petitioners appears to be just, 1'air and reasonable. Therefore, respondent No.2 is directed to get the case of the petitioner regarding entitlement of the GPF and gratuity amount examined and the amount of GPF and gratuity as admissible to the petitioner be paid within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order with interest at the prevailing rate. Sd/- ~ L.C. Bhadoo Judge s m , _ ' New» No.3. Therefore, they are no releasing the final payment of the petitioner