Shreemati Vijay Kanti Mishra @ Vijay Kanti Mishra v. Union of India Thru. Secy. Mini. of Tele Communication New Delhi and 2 Others
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Allahabad High Court (Lucknow Bench), WRIT - A No. 13975 of 2025, decided December 3, 2025 by Shree Prakash Singh, J. Petitioner: Shreemati Vijay Kanti Mishra @ Vijay Kanti Mishra (counsel Animesh Bajpai, Jitendra Kumar Bajpai). Respondents: Union of India through Secretary, Ministry of Telecommunication, New Delhi and 2 others (A.S.G.I. and Nidhi Singh; Anand Dwivedi for opposite party no. 1). Subject: claim for interest at 7% per annum on delayed payment of post-retiral benefits / privilege leave encashment. Precedent engaged: Ashok Kumar Shukla versus Union of India and others, Writ-A No. 2075 of 2023 (decided 3rd March, 2023), upheld in Special Appeal (Defective) No. 72 of 2024 (6th February, 2024) and as well as by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in S.L.P. No. 7939 of 2024 (8th April, 2024). Result: writ petition disposed of; authority to take final decision in light of the Ashok Kumar Shukla judgment within eight weeks of certified copy being produced, with actual payment within a further eight weeks if the petitioner is found entitled.