TEJO DEVI vs HARYANA FINANCE CORPORATION AND ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 239 CWP-12242-2023 Date of Decision: 21.05.2026 TEJO DEVI ...Petitioner Versus HARYANA FINANCE CORPORATION AND ANR ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARPREET SINGH BRAR **** Present: Mr. Krishan Kumar Thakur, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Padamkant Dwivedi, Advocate for respondent No.1-HFC. Mr. Saurabh Girdhar, AAG Haryana for respondent No.2. HARPREET SINGH BRAR, J. (ORAL) 1. The present writ petition has been filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to consider the claim of the petitioner for grant of interest on the delayed payment of family pension and arrears thereof to the petitioner in view of the judgment passed in A.S. Randhawa, Superintending Engineer (Retd.) vs. State of Punjab, 1998 (1) SCT 343 (Annexure P-21), and further for issuance of a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent-Department to decide the legal notice dated 14.02.2023 (Annexure P-22) submitted by the petitioner in accordance with law. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner inter alia contends that the NISHA 2026.05.30 16.16 I a