HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Writ Petition (S/S) No. 301 of 2025 Savadhan Singh and others .....Petitioners Versus State of Uttarakhand and others ….Respondents Present: Mr. B.S. Negi, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Rajeev Singh Bisht, Additional C.S.C. for the State/respondent nos. 1, 4, 5, 6 & 7. Mr. I.D. Paliwal, Standing Counsel for the State of UP/respondent nos. 2 and 3. Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J.(Oral) By means of instant petition, the petitioner has sought the following reliefs:- (i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding and directing the respondents to pay the interest @ 9% per annum upon delayed payment of arrears of revised pay scale to the petitioners forthwith as the respondents have paid and released the said benefit to the similarly situated persons. (ii) Issue any other or further writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case. (iii) To award the cost of the petitions to the petitioners. 2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. 2 3. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that the petitioners were given delayed payment, but interest has not been paid. He would submit that the matter is squarely covered by the judgment dated 20.12.2024, passed by this Court in WPSS No. 2376 of 2024, Premwati Sharma and others vs. State of Uttarakhand and others; and connected cases. 4. Learned counsel for the respondents admit these facts. 5. Since the matter is covered, instant petition is decided in terms of the judgment dated 20.12.2024, passed by this Court in WPSS No. 2376 of 2024, Premwati Sharma and others vs. State of Uttarakhand and others; and connected cases. (Ravindra Maithani, J.) 12.03.2025 Jitendra