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Petrtron L nditi Suctron 151 CPC praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit llerrl ,r suoport of the petrtron. the High Court may be pleased lo direct the respc r'r(J.,nts t,) pay cumulatlve interest @ lOok for the delayed period on the payme rt i-rf :trrears ol pension for the perioci November, 2009 to September, 20- 7 .tntJ pay curnulatrve interest @ i0% for the delayed period on payment of leare (,n,tashmenl from 26.09.2006 lo 26.10_2aj7. Counsel for the Petitioner: SRI P.S,RAJASEKHAR Counsel for the Rrlspondents: SRI Dr. K.LAKSHMI NARASIMHA, SC FOR BANK The Court mad I tlre followirrg: ORDER wp 46840 20rS NBI( TIIE H()N'I}I-I., SII.I ,II sl l('1. \:\(iE.SH BHEEMAPAKA \\ RI I Pl- I I I lO\ \o..168{0 of 2018 ORDEIT: 1'he pctitione-r \\ ils an cnrplor e c of tlre respondent, Andhra Bank (now n.rerged with I nion llrrnk t l]i: casc is that, while serving in the Junior Managemcnt (imdc-l in the y e ar 2006, disciplinary proceedings were initiated against hinr. u ltich cLrlrrtinated in the imposition of the punishment olcotnpLtlsorr re lit ctttctrt liorll service. In view of the policy decision takcn b1 thc llarrk t(' !r irril l'uttsitltt to persons who have been "compulsorily re1ircd." tltc petitiotrer Inade a representation seeking the grant of pension and other rrpplicablc benefits.

1.1 'l he issue ol- tlrc pctitiorrer', with regard to the impugned punishment, grant ol' pcrtsitltt itrltl [-eave Encashment benefits, has undergone consiclemblc litrgation. Suffice it to say, for the limited purpose of this writ petitiorr. that thc petitioner had earlier filed W.P. No. 27438 of 2017. secking caslt ct}riValctrt of 175 days of leave, with interest at lO%o from the dtre date ol ptrl'rnent to the date of actual payment.

1.2 '[his Coun ad.itrdicated the matter jointly with W.P. No' 11523 of 2017 (tllcd by a sirnilarly situated employee), and, by considering the jtrclgment ol the Hon'ble Division Bench of the High Court of Bornbay in .4shok r'. Chie/'Secretary, Atrrangabad, as well as the judgment of the Hon'blc Strprerne Cotrrt in State of Jharkhandv. Jitendra Ktonrtr Sriwstawr- rvhcrcitt the authorities (respondents Nos. 3 and 4 therAin) were directcd to paf inte rcs t at 8o per annum on the amount of ) l;p n0840 2018 NBK, ] privilege leave encashmenl purablc lo tlrt l-rc{itiuncr':. I : ('oLrrt allowed thc writ petitions b1, rval 01 ir ('()n D\)rr ( )r',le r' l.1111,. . I l.Q().1017. The ('ourt directed thc resl-rrtndcnl-l3lnk uiriir\rrlrc\ r.r process the representatiotts of the petilioncrs in \\ .[' \o' I lj-].i r rrl 211)8 o|2011 Ibr encashment of privilege lcut e to rlrcir crcrlrr lrr',tl to nrrrke par-ments in accot'dance u ith lau,. It is conle lrrlctl tlrrr rir,,r uir iir,. r,. rrsiorr and leave encashment rvere paid, thc rcsponclcnt-llunk lru: r'rol ltrrd intclest at 8olo 1br the delayt d payment.

2. Heard Mr. P.S. Rajashekar- learnerl corrrrscl lirr. rhc petitioner, and Dr. K. Lakshni Narasimha, lcalrrecl Stancling ( ounsu irr thc lcspondent- Bank. Perused the record. Learned counsel tirr the pctitioncr. it ltilc rru [, ng subntissions

3. consistent w.th the writ affidavit. c:senriilll_\ cr)i)rcr,.is that this Court allowed W.F. No. 27 438 of 2017 br consitlc.ring ',r c rationale in the judgments in tlshok (supra) lnd JitLrrtlnt l:,trrttur ,\ t nrtsttrt'u (supra), wherein the l{on'ble Courts dirccted the authrrritics r() })irv interest at 80% per annum frrr the delayed paylnent of lcavc crrcaslrr crrt. However, the respondent-Eiank, by the impugncd Proceeclinss,larcd 30.07.2018, dismissed thr) petitioner's clainr on tltc groun(l thzrt ttrc Clomrnon Order dated 07.09.1101 7 did not explicitly direct thc i)l\ nrcr)r o l'interest.

4. Leame d Standing Counsel submits that thc ()r'iler passed by this Court in the :arlier writ petition did rrot specil.v pa! nr-'rlt of interest and, therefore, there is no illegality in thc impLrgnerl )roceedings dated 30.07.2018 cenying the payment ol'interest. I / NUK, I 5'tlavingconsideredthcrcspett,rl:ll[ll}liSsiollsatlclttpolt|CIrlSirlol. thcrccord,itistobenotedattheotrt.etrlrlititr.lr/lt.rl(strpra)ttntl-lilanLlrtt Ktrmar srivastava (supra), tltcrc rr.rr rr tle l,tr itr lllc prr. tttr.tll t,l-Pctlsitln and leave encashment. r\ccoldinglr. irltercst at ti9',r pcr itnlltllll \\'as directedtobepaidforthedclal . Ilris(oLrrt.corrsitlcrirrgtherationalein those judgments, allowed 1t9,.p. \il, ]7]]t. of a()17 arrd directcd tl're respondent-Bank to process the |ctitiotlet"s I'cplcselltiltion arnd make payment aS per law' However, the llctititlrtcr-.\ l-e(ltlCSt u.as clismissed by the impugned Proceedings daled l{).07.1() lE. orr tlrc groirnd tltirl there was no cxplicit or specific directioD to |rrr inttrcsr. Bc tllat as it tlrar. in light of the judgmentsinAshok (supra) ,rttd.Jttt ttLit Lt KtttrtLtt-.St rt'rr.t/rrutr (supra), the petitioner is entitled to intercst lbr thc dclIr irt pal'rretrt ol arrcars of pension fiom Noven-rber 2009 to Scirte trtbtr lrtl7. arld lcavc cncashment from 26.0g.2006 to 26.10.20 lT. lntcrest shall be paid on thc respective arrounts at the rate of lTY, p(]r anr)Urll. itr r icrr ol'the strhstanrial dclay. Accordingly,thewritpetitiorrisdispost'doluithadircctiontothe 6 respondent-Bank to pay interest at l0%r pcr annrrm lbr the delay in paymentofpensionandleaveencaslrtl-tcttt.litltltthedatetheybecamedue untilthedateofactualpayment'.I.hcr.eslxrllbenoorderaStoCoStS Miscellaneous petitions, pending il'an1 ' shall stand closed I ,TRUE COPY// SD/.N. SRIHARI UTY REGISTRAR ECTION OFFICER ----a To,

1. The Managing Director and CEO Andhra Bank' Pat bhi Bhavan, Saifabad, Hyderabad The General Manager, Human Resources Department' Andhra Bank' Head Office, HYderabad 2 2 -rF,^ accicr.nl Ganoral N,4anaoer Human Resources Department' Andhra .l T1, ..' l\l-..rqer, Human Resources D{_:.ll.,. , E;r I FIP,lri , )h,rc. Hyderabad. 5 (Jnr, CC lo SRI P S.RAJASEKHAR, Advocate [OF,t ]l r, Oo. (-C to SRI Dr K.LAKSHMI NARASilI1HA SC F(ir i T,"n,, CD (.opies I BSR G.iP ',. rr -s ', rr; Cell. Andirra ; /.,i'ji{. IoPUC] HIGH COUFIT DATED:291)712025 ORDER WP.No.46t,40 of 2018 \ /< ::t (? 1s \rO \+\' .),. \ sEP 2y5 6' z ,;' // ''= .,/ DISPOSING OF THE WRIT PETITION, WITHOUT COSTS ?,r 3 F,\