Vn Gaur vs Haryana State & Ors on 12 May, 2015
The payment of the plaintiff has been made during the
pendency of the suit hence the grant of 9% per annum from the date
of retirement of the plaintiff till actual payment is reasonable and
therefore, does not require any interference. At this stage, reference
can be made to a judgment of Hon'ble the Supreme Court in Megh
Varan Sharma vs. State of U.P and others 2015 (1) SCT 12,
wherein the retiral benefits were released after eight years despite
the fact that none of the issues on the basis of which benefits were
withheld had been resolved. It was held that the action of
withholding the same was unjustified. Appellant was held entitled to
the highest of the maximum rate at which scheduled Banks at that
time were paying interest on fixed deposits.