Raghuraj Singh v. Chhattisgarh Infrastructure Development Corporation,

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 7348 of 2019

1. Raghuraj Singh S/o Late Shri Ram Bahadur Singh Aged About 64 Years R/o Village Raksarai, Post Chitthaharraipur, District Kaushambi ( U. P.) Pin - 212216

2. Gulab Singh S/o Late Shri Rampyare Singh Aged About 71 Years R/o Village Umarwal, Post Bighara, District Kaushambi ( U. P.) Pin - 212218

3. Shiv Kumar Mishra S/o Late Shri Satyanarayan Mishra Aged About 65 Years R/o Village Raksarai, Post Sarai Akil, District Kaushambi ( U. P.) Pin - 212216 ---- Petitioners

Versus

1. Chhattisgarh Infrastructure Development Corporation, Through Its Managing Director, Old Police Headquarter, Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. M. P. Road Transport Corporation ( Formerly M P S R T C ) Through Its Managing Director, Habibganj, Bhopal - 6, Madhya Pradesh, District : Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh ---- Respondents For Petitioners :

Mr. K.R. Nair, Advocate For Respondents :

Mr. Shreyankar Nande, Advocate on behalf of Mr. Anup Majumdar, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order on Board 16/09/2019

1. Petitioners have preferred these writ petitions seeking direction to the respondents-authorities to properly compute the statutory interest on the amount impounded in the EDF components known in the jargon of the Corporation as 23%, 34% and 17% of DA to be calculated in the manner prescribed for General Provident Fund Accounts with further prayer to decide their cases as per the decision passed by this Court in the matter of G.K. Gupta vs. The Managing Director & Others, WP(S) No. 6510/2009 together with other connected matters decided on 04.07.2011 and Writ Appeal No. 419/2011 together with other Writ Appeal decided on 16th July, 2012.

2. Upon hearing learned counsel for the petitioners and on perusal of the judgment rendered by the Single Bench and Division Bench of this Court, this Court deems it appropriate to dispose of these writ petitions in the same terms.

3. Petitioners would be at liberty to move representation before the Madhya Pradesh Road Transport Corporation before whom the claim of the previous set of petitioner namely G.K. Gupta and others is under process. On submission of representation by the petitioners within a period of one month, the same shall be verified and if their cases are similar to the previous set of petitioners, their claim shall also be processed along with the claims of the petitioners of previous writ petitions in the matter of G.K. Gupta (supra). Sd/- (P. Sam Koshy) Judge Ved