IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

243 CWP-5006-2024 Date of Decision: 13.05.2026 Sheo Chand ....Petitioner VERSUS Haryana Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd And Ors ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR Present: Mr. B.K. Bagri, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Pradeep Bhandari, Advocate, Mr. Bharat Bhandari, Advocate, Mr. Vinay Yadav, Advocate and Mr. Sushil K. Bhardwaj, Advocate for the respondents.

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HARPREET SINGH BRAR , J. (Oral)

1. The present petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to pay interest @ 12% per annum on the delayed payment of retiral benefits, namely: gratuity amounting to Rs. 5,22,546/- and Rs. 1,53,690/-, paid on 11.02.2020; commutation amounting to Rs. 7,55,399/-, paid in December, 2018; and arrears of pay amounting to Rs. 1,87,530/- for the period from 01.09.2007 to 31.08.2018, which were released after the retirement of the petitioner in the year 2019 without payment of any interest, contrary to the Government of Haryana Instructions dated 20.02.2002 (Annexure P-7), the judgment of the Hon’ble Apex Court in V