- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41817-DB WA No. 1885 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 23RD DAY OF OCTOBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH RAI K WRIT APPEAL NO. 1885 OF 2024 (S-R) BETWEEN: 1. THE KARNATAKA STATE WAREHOUSING CORPORATION HAVING OFFICE AT 43, PRIME ROSE ROAD, BANGALORE - 560 025. REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR. N E KRANTHI. …APPELLANT (BY SRI. NEERAJ RAJIV SHIVAM, ADVOCATE FOR SRI. SHARATHCHANDRA R., ADVOCATE) AND: 1. SRI. G. C. ASHOK KUMAR SON OF G S CHANDRA SHEKARAIH, AGED ABOUT 62 YEARS, RESIDING AT NO. 190, VIDHYA NAGARA, TUMKUR - 572 101. …RESPONDENT THIS WRIT APPEAL IS FILED UNDER SECTION 4 OF THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT ACT, PRAYING TO CALL FOR THE RECORDS IN WP No. 2259 OF 2024 OF THE HON'BLE SINGLE JUDGE AND SET ASIDE ITS JUDGMENT AND ORDER DATED 23.08.2024 PASSED BY THE HON'BLE SINGLE JUDGE IN WP No. 2259 OF 2024 ALLOWING THE SAID WRIT PETITION, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE AND EQUITY, ETC. Digitally signed by VASANTHA KUMARY B K Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41817-DB WA No. 1885 of 2024 THIS APPEAL, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, JUDGMENT WAS DELIVERED THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJESH RAI K ORAL JUDGMENT (PER: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE D K SINGH) The present writ appeal has been filed by M/s. Karnataka State Warehousing Corporation (for short 'the Corporation') impugning the judgment and order dated 10.12.2024 passed in Review Petition No.428/2024 filed by the respondent, who was an employee of the appellant/Corporation and he stood retired from service w.e.f. 31.10.2019. 2. The respondent/employee's retirement dues were not paid even after five years from the date of his retirement. Therefore, he filed writ petition and the learned Single Judge vide judgment and order dated 23.08.2024 allowed the writ petition directing the appellant/Corporation to pay the retirement benefits. However, inadvertently no order for payment of interest was passed and therefore, review - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:41817-DB WA No. 1885 of 2024 petition came to be filed by the respondent/employee. In the said review petition, the learned Single Judge has directed the appellant/Corporation to pay interest @ 9% p.a on the retirement dues to the respondent/employee from the date of his retirement till the date of payment. 3. We do not find any scope to interfere with the impugned judgment and order of grant of interest passed in the Review Petition, on the retirement benefits of the employee and therefore, we dismiss this writ appeal. Sd/- (D K SINGH) JUDGE Sd/- (RAJESH RAI K) JUDGE NG List No.: 1 Sl No.: 7