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SUJOY PAUL
Alka Raikwar (Ku. ) – Appellant
Versus
State of M. P. – Respondent
ORDER
1. With the consent of parties, finally heard.
2. The singular prayer of petitioner is to direct the respondents to pay 12% interest on arrears of family pension.
3. Shri Anirudh Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the mother of petitioner, a Govt. employee, died on 13.10.2010. The petitioner, a dependent of Govt. servant, promptly fulfilled the formalities and prayed for grant of family pension. The request of petition went in vain. Aggrieved, petitioner filed WP No. 14624/2015 which was disposed of on 2.9.2015 by directing the respondents to consider and decide the representation of petitioner by passing a speaking order. Since this order was not complied with, the petitioner filed contempt petition No. 101 of 2016 which was dismissed as having rendered infructuous because by that time, respondent passed the order dated 17.3.2016 whereby representation of petitioner for grant of family pension was rejected. The petitioner then filed WP No. 7516/2017 assailing the rejection order dated 17.3.2016 which was decided on 30.11.2018. This Court after considering the Pension Rrules opined that petitioner’s claim for family pension deserves to be considered in the l
Delay in settlement of retirement benefits must be avoided at all costs, and the petitioner was entitled to interest for the delayed period.
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