The petitioner, a union formed by the retired employees of the 2nd respondent University, has approached this Court, espousing the cause of their employees, who lost their substantial source of income, the salary, on retirement. It is the case of the petitioner that the respondent University, the employer, kept the retired employees on an interminable wait for what is otherwise their legitimate right, the retirement benefits. This Court has already passed a judgment in similar matter i.e., W.P.(C) Nos. 23893 and 23894 of 2014 dated 17.09.2014, the operative portion of which reads as follows: “Be that as it may, this Court, having not been inclined to take a different view, feels to dispose of these writ petitions in the same lines as has been done in W.P.(C) No. 27285/2013. In this context, it is made clear that if the authorities fail to settle the issue within three months as has been originally provided, the petitioners are entitled to 6% interest on the amounts due after the lapse of initial period of three months.”
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Accordingly, it is ordered that the directions issued in the aforesaid judgment shall be applicable to the members of the petitioner union in the present writ petition also.
This writ petition is disposed of.
sd/- DAMA SESHADRI NAIDU, JUDGE.
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