Delay In Disbursement Of Retirement Benefits Entitles The Employee To Interest

The bench of Justice Namit Kumar in CWP 602/2023, where the petitioner initially employed as clerk/junior in the municipal corporation and was deprived of pensionary and retirement benefits for a long time, held that an inordinate delay in disbursing retirement benefits where the delay is not justifiable, the employee will be entitled to interest on the withheld amount.