Hyderabad, March 23 -- The Telangana High Court has ordered the state government to disburse retirement benefits of all the government employees by April 9.

Several retired employees demanded retirement benefits, including pension fund, gratuity, earned leaves etc. Last year, the High Court had directed the government to disburse all the retirement dues within 10 weeks.

When the government failed to comply with the court's order, retired employees demanded action against negligent officials, including Principal Secretary of Finance Department, Sandeep Kumar Sultania.

It has been six months since then, but the government has reportedly delayed proceedings by seeking adjournments.

This prompted the High Court to issue Form One notices t...