O R D E R

The applicants have filed the instant Original Application seeking the following relief(s):-

“(a) to quash the impugned orders dated 5.2.2018 passed by respondent no.6 as well as the order dated 29.4.2021 passed by the respondent no.7 by means of which the claim of the applicants relating to payment of interest of Ex-gratia amount as well as the interest on pension/family pension has been rejected in an arbitrary and illegal manner against the provisions contained under the Central Government Pension Rules.

(b) to direct the respondent authorities to sanction the payment of penal interest @ 18% per annum on delayed payment of ex-gratia amount lump sum compensation and difference of amount of ordinary family pension, Extra Ordinary family pension to the applicants which were paid in the year 2017 instead of in the year

2009 by the respondent authorities.

(c) to issue an order or direction may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.

(d) to award the costs to the applicants.”

2. Briefly stated the facts of the case are that the husband of applicant no.1 and father of applicant no.2 namely Late K.D. Maurya, who was working with the respondents as Sub Divisio