1. “In case of an employee retiring after having rendered the services, it is expected that all the payments of retiral benefits should be paid on the date of retirement or soon thereafter if for some unforeseen circumstances the payment could not be made on the date of retirement”

2. The afore-stated mandate of the Supreme Court rendered in the matter of Vijay L. Mehrotra Vs. State of U.P. & others (2001) 9 SCC 687 has been observed by the authorities of the State Government in the present case in its breach. In the instant case most of the payment of retrial benefits were paid to petitioner long after the petitioner's wife, who was government servant died on 7.2.1999 and even the amount of General Provident Fund has not been paid yet.

3. The Essential facts to demonstrate the above-stated callousness on the part of the State Authorities in making payment of retiral dues to the petitioner are as under:-

(i) Smt. Silbina Lakra (petitioner's wife) was appointed as Auxiliary Nurse Midwifery in the Community Health Centre on 21.11.1968. She suffered paralytic attack and ulti