[2025:RJ-JD:2925] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR (1) S.B. Writ Contempt No. 146/2019 Laxmi Narayan Sharma S/o Shri Ram Sharma, Aged About 64 Years, Resident Of 286-B, R.k. Colony, Bhilwara. ----Petitioner Versus 1. Shri Rajeshwar Singh, Principal Secretary To The Government, Department Of Rural Development And Panchayati Raj, Secretariat, Jaipur. 2. Shri Gajendra Singh Rathore, Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad, Bhilwara. 3. Shri Birbal Janu, Block Development Officer, Panchayat Samiti Mandal, District Bhilwara. 4. Smt. Shivani Kumawat, Additional Director, Pension And Pensioner Welfare Department, Regional Office, Ajmer. 5. State Of Rajasthan, Through Its Principal Secretary To The Government Department Of Rural Development And Panchayati Raj, Secretariat, Jaipur ----Respondents Connected With (2) S.B. Writ Contempt No. 149/2019 Guljari Lal Garg S/o Shri Ladu Ram Ji Garg, Aged About 64 Years, Resident Of 77, Naamdev Mohalla, Sanganer, Bhilwara. ----Petitioner Versus 1. Shri Rajeshwar Singh, Principal Secretary To The Government, Department Of Rural Development And Panchayat Raj, Secretariat, Jaipur. 2. Shri Gajendra Singh Rathore, Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad, Bhilwara. 3. Shri Birbal Janu, Block Development Officer, Panchayat Samiti Mandal, District Bhilwara. 4. Smt. Shivani Kumawat, Additional Director, Pension And Pensioner Welfare Department, Regional Office, Ajmer. 5. State Of Rajasthan, Through Its Principal Secretary To The Government, Department Of Rural Development And Panchayati Raj, Secretariat, Jaipur. [2025:RJ-JD:2925] (2 of 3) [WCP-146/2019] ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Pushkar Taimini For Respondent(s) : Mr. Kuldeep Singh Solanki for Mr. I.R. Choudhary, AAG JUSTICE DINESH MEHTA Order 16/01/2025 1. By way of these contempt petitions, the petitioners have prayed that a direction be issued to the respondents to pay them the applicable dues and other retiral benefits. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that during the pendency of the present contempt petitions, order of payment of pension has been made to the petitioners. He however submitted that applicable interest on delayed payment of pension has not been paid to the petitioners. 3. Considering that substantial relief for which the contempt petitions were filed has been granted to the petitioners, the present contempt petitions are disposed of with a direction to the petitioners to file a representation before the respondents raising claim for interest in terms of Rule 89 of the Rajasthan Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1996 or any other applicable law. 4. In case, a representation along with certified copy of the order instant is so addressed, the competent authority of the respondents shall pay the amount of interest in accordance with law, within a period of 12 weeks of receiving the same. [2025:RJ-JD:2925] (3 of 3) [WCP-146/2019] 5. In case, the competent authority of the respondents is of the opinion that the petitioners are not entitled to the interest as claimed, they shall pass a speaking order under intimation to the petitioners against which, petitioners’ right to take legal remedies shall stand reserved. 6. It is made clear that aforesaid direction to decide the representation has been issued only with a view to ensure expeditious redressal of petitioners’ grievance. The same may not be construed to be an order to decide the representation in a particular manner. 7. Notices of contempt issued to the respondents are hereby discharged. (DINESH MEHTA),J 315-316-Mak/-