W.P.(C) 17330/2024 & other connected matters $~32 to 36 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 17330/2024, CM APPLs. 73780-782/2024 DR. RAVINDER KUMAR MEHRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankit Bhadoria, Mr. Umesh Singh and Ms Karishma, Advs. versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Shivangi Kumar, Mr. Gaurav Kumar Arya, Mr. Ismat Chughtai, Advs. + W.P.(C) 17340/2024, CM APPLs. 73803-805/2024 DR. GYANENDRA KUMAR CHAUDHARY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankit Bhadoria, Mr. Umesh Singh and Ms Karishma, Advs. versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Akhil Mittal, SC for MCD + W.P.(C) 17350/2024 & CM APPL. 73886/2024 DR. SURENDRA KUMAR GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankit Bhadoria, Mr. Umesh Singh and Ms Karishma, Advs. versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Akhil Mittal, SC for MCD + W.P.(C) 17355/2024, CM APPLs. 73897-899/2024 DR. VINOD GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankit Bhadoria, Mr. Umesh Singh and Ms Karishma, Advs. Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:12.03.2025 19:43:29 Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 17330/2024 & other connected matters versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Shivangi Kumar, Mr. Gaurav Kumar Arya, Mr. Ismat Chughtai, Advs. + W.P.(C) 17358/2024, CM APPLs. 73904-906/2024 DR. DINESH KUMAR GARG .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankit Bhadoria, Mr. Umesh Singh and Ms Karishma, Advs. versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Shivangi Kumar, Mr. Gaurav Kumar Arya, Mr. Ismat Chughtai, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL ORDER (ORAL) % 11.03.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J. 1. These writ petitions assail identical orders passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal1 by which, while directing grant of payment of delayed retiral benefits to the concerned petitioners, the Tribunal has awarded interest only from the expiry of three months from the passing of the order, @ 7.5 % from expiry of three months till the expiry of six months and @ 12% thereafter till the date of payment. 1 “the Tribunal” hereinafter Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:12.03.2025 19:43:29 Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 17330/2024 & other connected matters 2. Aggrieved thereby and contending that the petitioners would be entitled to interest from the date of their superannuation, these writ petitions have been filed. 3. We have had occasion to decide an identical matter in WP(C) 15561/20242. 4. We have held, in the said decision, following our earlier judgment in MCD v Bijender Singh3, that a retired employee who has not been disbursed retiral benefits would be entitled to interest from the date of retirement. 5. As such, we modify the order passed by the Tribunal by holding that the interest at the rate of 7.5% would be reckoned from the date of the petitioners’ superannuation, and not from the expiry of three months from the order of the Tribunal, till the date when the principal amount of the retiral dues was/is paid. We clarify that the direction for increase in the rate of interest to 12% p.a., in the event the amount is not/has not been paid before the expiry of six months from the date of the judgement of the Tribunal, stands as it is. 6. The writ petitions stand allowed accordingly. C. HARI SHANKAR, J. AJAY DIGPAUL, J. MARCH 11, 2025/dsn Click here to check corrigendum, if any 2 Dr Priya Vrata v MCD 3 2024 SCC OnLine Del 7716 Digitally Signed By:AJIT KUMAR Signing Date:12.03.2025 19:43:29