Interest on the pension amount for the period from 1 5 1988 to 20 1 1994 as well as on the gratuity amount totalling Rs.
2,000/ in default of payment of fine, a simple imprisonment of one month.
20,208/ was sent to respondent No.
It would, therefore, appear that immediately after the appellant learnt about the pendency of the matter on receipt of the companytempt numberice, he took immediate action and saw to it that within a months time the entire payment was made in obedience of the Courts Order.
Immediately thereafter, the appellant looked into the matter and paid the arrears of pension from 1 9 1982 to 31 10 1989 to the present respondent No.
MCC 209 of 1991.
After the appointment of the appellant as the Chief Health and Medical Officer, it seems that he was served with a numberice in the companytempt petition which had already been filed long back bearing No.
1 refused to accept the cheque.
Thus, before the date of the impugned Order passed on 1 2 1994 the entire payment was cleared.
shall be paid to him within one month thereafter with interest at 12 per annum together with Rs.
The appellant having been companyvicted upon an application filed under Section 12, of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 hereinafter referred to as the Act has preferred this appeal.
Subsequently, he accepted the cheque and was paid a further amount of Rs.
It was further directed that the fine amount, if recovered, will be paid to the original petitioner Hari Shankar Bhandari as companypensation for the inconvenience suffered by him.
The abridged facts relevant for the disposal of this appeal are that in writ petition M.P. No.
1 Hari Shankar Bhandari, the Division Bench of the High Court rejected the unqualified apology of the appellant, companyvicted him and directed him to pay a fine of Rs.
2,681/ as gratuity on 31 1 1994.
Notice was served upon him as late as 31 12 1993 and the matter was posted for hearing on 18 1 1994.
1 herein on 25 1 1994 but the respondent No.
100/ by way of companyts, the authorities then incharge of the matter did number finalise the case till the appellant assumed charge of office as Chief Health Medical Officer on 15th January, 1993.
2159 of 1986, filed by the present respondent No.
