IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Civil Writ Petition No. 461 of 2025 Date of Decision: 24.12.2025 _____________________________________________________________________ Subhash Chand ……...Petitioner Versus Himachal Road Transport Corporation and Ors. …....Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge. Whether approved for reporting? For the Petitioner: Mr. Sandeep Kumar Pandey, Advocate. For the respondents: Mr. Deepak Sharma, Advocate. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sandeep Sharma, J. (Oral) By way of instant petition, petitioner has prayed for following main reliefs: “(i). That the directions may kindly be issued to the respondent Corporation to pay the interest on retirement gratuity and Leave encashment to the Petitioner w.e.f. due date i.e. 01.05.2023 till the date of its regularization, keeping in view the judgment passed by the Hon’ble High Court in C.W.P. 3050/2014 titled as Nek Ram versus State of H.P. and other, Annexure P-1. (ii) That the directions may also be issued to the respondent Corporation to pay the interest @ 9% per annum on the amount retiral benefits from the due date and till the date of its realization, to the petitioner.” 2. This Court had granted time to the respondents to file reply, but during proceedings of the case, Mr. Deepak Sharma, Advocate, has placed on record communication dated 23.12.2025 issued under the signature of Regional Manager, Himachal Road - 2 - Transport Corporation, Rohru (Himachal Pradesh), which is taken on record, perusal whereof reveals that sums of Rs. 11,81,456/- and 7,27,050/- has been paid to the petitioner on account of DCRG and leave encashment vide cheques No. 294361 and 34392 dated 26.11.2024 and 4.11.2025, respectively. 3. Learned counsel for the respondent states that though nothing remains to be paid to the petitioner, but interest, if any, payable shall be paid expeditiously. 4. Consequently, in view of the above, present petition is disposed of with direction to the respondents to ensure that interest, if any, on delayed payment, if not already paid, shall be paid expeditiously, preferably, within two months. Pending applications, if any, also stands disposed of. December 24, 2025 (Sandeep Sharma), manjit Judge