206 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision: 30.01.2026 Multan Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. Manoj Kumar Taya, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Saurabh Girdhar, Asstt.A.G., Haryana.

Ms. Tanvir Kaur, Advocate for Mr. Devender Punia, Advocate for respondent No.3.

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HARPREET SINGH BRAR , J (Oral):

1. The present civil writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing respondent No.3, The Pundri Cooperative Marketing- cum-Processing Society Ltd., Pundri, to release payment of interest @ 12% per annum on the retiral benefits of the petitioner, which were withheld from the date of his retirement i.e. 31.07.2015 until the date of actual realisation i.e. 13.02.2018.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, inter alia, contends that after rendering uninterrupted service from 1975 until his superannuation on 31.07.2015, his legitimate retiral benefits were withheld without any justifiable cause for a period exceeding two and a half years. He further submitted that the belated release