JUDGEMENT
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(1.)THE only prayer made in this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is to direct the respondents to pay interest @
18% per annum on delayed payment of pension and gratuity.
(2.)IT appears that on the last date of retirement of the petitioner I.e. 31.01.2000, he was served with charge-sheet. The concerned
authority, however, had released the provisional pension on
08.03.2000. The petitioner was then exonerated of the charges on 06.11.2000 and ultimately, the pension of the petitioner was sanctioned on 08.08.2001.
It appears that the gratuity amount of the petitioner came to be released on 28.09.2001 as pointed out by learned advocate for the
petitioner from Annexure C which is a xerox copy of the cheque
issued for gratuity amount.
(3.)BECAUSE of late release of pension and gratuity benefits, the petitioner demanded interest on such delayed payment of pension
and gratuity which came to be refused by respondent State
authority through its Deputy Secretary. Panchayat, Village Housing
and Development, Gandhinagar by letter dated 07.10.2002 at
Annexure G. No reasons are found in the said communication for
denying benefits of interest on the delayed payment of pension and
gratuity to the petitioner.
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