Whether approved for reporting? 1^{1Whether reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?}

Ajay Mohan Goel, Judge

(Oral)By way of this petition, the petitioner has inter alia phrayed for the following reliefs:-

“(i). That writ in the nature of mandamus may kindly be issued, directing the respondents to count the daily wage services of the petitioner w.e.f. 01.07.1990 for the purpose of seniority.

(ii) That writ in the nature of mandamus may kindly be issued, directing the respondents to pay interest @ 12% per annum on the delayed payment.

(iii) That writ in the nature of mandamus may kindly be issued, directing the respondents to re-fix the pay scale/salary of the petitioner on the basis of the revision of pay scale by the State Government from time to time and to release the arrears accruing thereon alongwith up-to-date interest.”

2. Learned Counsel for the petitioner, on instructions, submitted that the petitioner forgoes the prayer ohf counting of his daily wage service w.e.f. 01.07.1990, for the gpurpose of seniority and will restrict the prayer to re-fixation iof the pay scale etc. in terms of date of regularization which Halready has been conferred upon the petitioner.

3. Learned Counsel referred to the reply filed by the State to the writ petition and submitted that in terms of the contents of the preliminary submissions thereof, calculations which have been mentioned therein, have not resulted in the release of actual emoluments to the petitioner and only a part thereof has been paid to the petitioner.

4. Learned Counsel thus submitted that in li.ght of the fact that the petitioner is now almost 60 years of age, balance of the payment be ordered to be rHeleased in favour of the petitioner as expeditiously as possible.

5. This Court is of the consfidered view that as the petitioner is a class-IV employee and the total emoluments which stand spelled out itn the reply are also not all that humongous, releasuing this amount to the petitioner in piece meals would not serve any purpose as far as the petitioner is concerned and on the other hand, if the amount is released in his favour in lump sum, he may be able to utilize the same for shome fruitful purpose.g

6. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of with ithe direction that the balance of the amount, as is payable to Hthe petitioner in terms of para-2 of the preliminary submissions, be released in his favour within three months from today. The arrears which may be due to the petitioner on account of revised pay scale besides what is mentioned in para-2 of the preliminary submissions, be also released within the same period, failing which, the balance amount shall entail simple interest @ 6% per annum from the date of the judgment till its actual realization. Pending miscella.neous application(s), if any, also stand disposed of accordingly.