PURNENDU SINGH
Munakiya Devi Wife of Late Raj Nandan Paswan – Appellant
Versus
State Of Bihar – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Heard Mr. Umesh Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner; Dr. Anand Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Accountant General and Mr. Akash Chaturvedi, learned AC to learned SC-11 for the State.
2. The petitioner has filed the present writ petition for following relief(s):-
i) For issuance of writ in the nature of mandamus or any other appropriate writ for commanding the respondents to pay the arrear of the pension of the amount Rs. 10,07033.00 along with statutory and penal interest for the period from 01.03.2009 to Jun, 2017 to the petitioner, who is the wife of the deceased employee Late Raj Nandan Paswan.
ii) For issuance of writ in nature of mandamus or any other appropriate writ for commanding the respondents particularly the respondent No. 2 to grant sanction of the aforesaid pension amount along with statutory and penal interest in favour of the petitioner.
iii) For issuance of any other appropriate writ or direction which your Lordships may deem fit and prop
D.D. Tewari v. Uttar Haryana Bijli reported in (2014) 8 SCC 894
State of Kerala v. M. Padmanabhan Nair reported in (1985) 1 SCC 429
The disbursement of pension and retirement benefits should not be treated as a matter of bounty but are valuable rights and property, and any delay in settlement or disbursement thereof must be compe....
Retired employees are entitled to interest on delayed payment of pensionary benefits, with no limitation on claims affecting the substantive rights.
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