S.P. Srivastava, J.

1. Feeling aggrieved by the order passed by the M.P. State Administrative Tribunal, Gwalior, whereunder allowing the application filed by the respondent No. 1 herein, the present petitioners had been directed to pay interest at the rate of 12 per cent per annum on the withheld amount of death-cum-retirement gratuity for the period from the date of retirement of the said respondent till the actual payment of the said amount, which was required to be paid within a period of three months from the date of the order, they have approached this Court by means of the present writ petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India seeking redress praying for the reversal of the impugned order passed by the Tribunal.

2. We have heard the learned Government Advocate representing the petitioners as well as the respondent No. 1, who has put in appearance in the case at this stage, and have carefully perused the record.

3. The facts in brief, shorn of the details and necessary for the disposal of this writ petition lie in a narrow compass. Disciplinary Proceedings against the respondent No. 1 were initiated while he was holding the post of Sahayak Sanchalak, Sthaniya