News Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Amit Mandal
Updated Fri, 04 Mar 2022 08:35 PM IST
Summary
The top court observed that since there has been delay in payment of retirement benefits and the appellant is not at all responsible for settlement of the arrears.
The Supreme Court on Friday directed a Coimbatore-based college to pay interest on delay in payment of retirement benefits to an associate professor. The court said that the retired employee should not suffer through no fault of his. The apex court said that in this case, the interest on the delayed payment, subject to the final spread that can be taken by the government on the objections to the inquiry report, be given. The college may recover from the person who is responsible for this delay.
A bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna delivered its verdict on an appeal filed by a retired associate professor against the order of the Madras High Court in October last year. The High Court, while dismissing his petition, said that the decision taken by the government in this regard on the basis of the investigation report is justified.
The top court observed that since there has been delay in payment of retirement benefits and the appellant is not at all responsible for settling the arrears, he is entitled to interest on the delayed payment. Even the Division Bench of the High Court has held that the appellant is entitled to interest on the delayed payment. A division bench of the High Court was informed that the government has conducted an inquiry and put the onus on a former secretary of the college who denied benefits to the retired employee.
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The Supreme Court on Friday directed a Coimbatore-based college to pay interest on delay in payment of retirement benefits to an associate professor. The court said that the retired employee should not suffer through no fault of his. The apex court said that in this case, the interest on the delayed payment, subject to the final spread that can be taken by the government on the objections to the inquiry report, be given. The college may recover from the person who is responsible for this delay.
A bench of Justices MR Shah and BV Nagarathna delivered its verdict on an appeal filed by a retired associate professor against the order of the Madras High Court in October last year. The High Court, while dismissing his petition, said that the decision taken by the government in this regard on the basis of the investigation report is justified.
The top court observed that since there has been delay in payment of retirement benefits and the appellant is not at all responsible for settling the arrears, he is entitled to interest on the delayed payment. Even the Division Bench of the High Court has held that the appellant is entitled to interest on the delayed payment. A division bench of the High Court was informed that the government has conducted an inquiry and put the onus on a former secretary of the college who denied benefits to the retired employee.