India, Oct. 7 -- The Supreme Court has pulled up the Uttar Pradesh government over the delay in releasing the retiral dues of a former peon for nearly 10 years after his retirement and directed the state's Chief Secretary to submit a report explaining the delay, identifying those responsible and detailing the compensation proposed for the retired employee.

A bench of Justices KV Viswanathan and Arun Palli was hearing a Special Leave Petition (SLP) when it expressed strong displeasure with the state government's handling of the matter and observed that "grave injustice has been done to the petitioner".

The petitioner was appointed as a peon in 1984 and retired in 2016 after nearly 32 years of service. His service was pensionable, and he ...