IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/B) No. 144 of 2010 Dr. Balwant Singh (Associate Professor Retired) S/o Late Sri Moti Singh, Presently R/o Ganga House, Bilkedar, P.O. Kirtinagar, District-Pauri Garhwal. .…..…… Petitioner Versus 1. State of Uttarakhand through Principal Secretary, Higher Education, Dehradun (Uttarakhand), 2. The Director, Higher Education Uttarakhand, Nawabi Road, Haldwani, Nainital, District Nainital (Uttarakhand), 3. The Principal, Government Post Graduate College, Berinag, Pithoragarh, District-Pithoragarh. ....……… Respondents Coram:- Hon’ble J.S. Khehar, Chief Justice Hon’ble Sudhanshu Dhulia, Judge Present: Mr. Ramji Srivastava, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. J.P. Joshi, Advocate for the respondents. Date of Decision: 28.07.2010 J.S. Khehar, C. J. (Oral) Learned counsel for the respondents has clarified to this Court, that the petitioner shall be deemed to have retired on attaining the age of superannuation on 31.03.2010. According to the learned counsel for the respondents, the instant statement made by him is based on annexures placed on the record of the writ petition. He states, that the salary payable to the petitioner till the date of his retirement on 31.03.2010, as also, his retiral benefits, including all other monetary benefits payable to him shall be calculated and released to the petitioner on or before 30.09.2010. 2. In view of the very fair statement made by the learned counsel for the respondents, the instant Writ Petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondents to abide by the undertaking given to this Court by the learned counsel for the respondents. In case, however, for 2 some reason, arrears of salary, retiral benefits and other monetary benefits due to the petitioner are not released by 30.09.2010, the petitioner shall then be entitled to interest at the rate of 8% (eight per cent) on all the aforesaid dues from the date when the said dues were payable to him. ( Sudhanshu Dhulia, J. ) ( J.S. Khehar, C.J. ) 28.07.2010 28.07.2010 P. Singh