IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (264) CWP No. 776 of 2023 (O&M)

Date of Decision : 08.07.2025 Harinder Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI Present: Mr. Abhishek K. Premi, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Ravinder Singh Rawal, A.A.G., Punjab.

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Harsimran Singh Sethi J. (Oral)

1. In the present petition, the challenge is to the order dated 22.12.2022 (Annexure P-14) by which, the claim of the petitioner for the grant of interest on the delayed release of the pensionary benefits has been declined.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner argues that there was no impediment in the release of the pensionary benefits but, it is the respondents who did not release the retiral benefits within a period of two months as directed by the Full Bench of this Court in A.S. Randhawa Vs. State of Punjab and others, 1997(3) SCT 468 hence, the petitioner is liable to be compensated by the grant of interest on the delayed release of retiral benefits, which claim has wrongly been rejected by the respondents while passing the impugned order dated 22.12.2022 (Annexure P-14).

3. Learned counsel for the responde