IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision : March 10, 2026 VIJAY SHARMA .....Petitioner VERSUS CHANDIGARH INDUSTRIAL AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LTD AND ORS .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPINDER SINGH NALWA Present : Mr. Shubhkarman Singh Gill, Advocate for Mr. Balwinder Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Ms. Madhu Dayal, Advocate for the respondents.

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DEEPINDER SINGH NALWA, J. (Oral)

1. In the present writ petition, the petitioner is praying for issuance of direction to the respondents to pay interest @ 12% on account of delayed payment of retiral benefits.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioner joined the Chandigarh Industrial Tourism Corporation Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Corporation’) in the year 1989. He was further promoted to the post of General Manager on 28.05.2014. The petitioner was denied extension of service, as a consequence of this, he filed writ petition in this Court bearing CWP No.15732 of 2018. The petitioner retired on 30.06.2018 on attaining the age of superannuation. Charge-sheet dated 23.07.2018 was served upon the petitioner after his retirement. The petitioner duly filed reply to t