ORDER

(Pronounced by Hon'ble Ms. Lata Baswaraj Patne, Member(J)) The applicant has filed this OA under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 seeking for the following relief:

“To call for the records related to pension pay order and the representations submitted by the applicant and to direct the respondents to pay the gratuity and commutation due with admissible interest as per Rule 87 of Pension Rules 1993 and further to pass such other order/orders as this Tribunal may deem fit and proper and thus to render justice.”

2.The brief facts of the case are as follows: The applicant joined the Southern Railway in the year 1985 and retired from service on superannuation on 30.06.2016. The respondents have not arranged the payment of gratuity and commutation and started paying only the provisional pension from the date of superannuation in spite of the fact there was no charge sheet and or any criminal proceedings against him. The applicant has submitted detailed representations to the authorities concerned but of no avail. After a span of more than 6 months and the respondents continue to defy the orders of the personnel department and thereby causing undue