MS CHIEF ENGINEER DAMS WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT PUNJAB vs COMMISSIONER EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION GURDASPUR AND OTHERS

CWP No. 13080 of 2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH (109) CWP No. 13080 of 2026 Date of Decision: 13.07.2026 Chief Engineer/Dams, Water Resources Department, Punjab ......Petitioner Versus Commissioner, Employees Compensation, Gurdaspur and Others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE KIRTI SINGH Present: Ms. Aakanksha Gupta, AAG, Punjab for the petitioner. **** KIRTI SINGH, J. (ORAL) 1. The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for quashing the order dated 25.09.2025 (Annexure P- 6) passed by the respondent No.2-the Commissioner under the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923-cum-Assistant Labour Commissioner, Pathankot, whereby respondent No. 3 has been held entitled to interest @18% per annum instead of 12% per annum. 2. Learned State counsel for the petitioner submits that respondent No.1-the Commissioner, Employees' Compensation, Gurdaspur, vide award dated 27.04.2017 (Annexure P-1), awarded compensation of Rs. 2,43,994/- along with interest @12% per annum to respondent No.3, from the date of the accident till realization. It was further directed that if the awarded amount was not deposited within the st