IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13355 of 2010 URMILA DEVI WIFE OF LATE SURENDRA MOHAN GHOSH, RESIDENT OF MOHALLA NAYA BAZAR, NEAR PERU BANERJEE GULLA, POST SAHARSA, P.S. SAHARSA, DISTRICT- SAHARSA Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. CHIEF SECRETARY, BIHAR, PATNA 3. ACCOUNTANT GENERAL, BIHAR, PATNA 4. FINANCE COMMISSIONER, BIHAR, PATNA 5. THE DISTRICT COLLECTOR-CUM-REGISTRAR, SAHARSA 6. THE DISTRICT SUB-REGISTRAR, SAHARSA ----------- 2 17.08.2010 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, the State and the respondent-Accountant General. Petitioner is the widow of the deceased Govt. employee who died in harness while working on the post of Night Guard in the office of the respondent no.6. Petitioner being an illiterate widow was offered compassionate appointment however she did not claim for payment of death-cum-retiral dues of her husband as she got the impression that after having got appointment on compassionate ground she is not entitled to retiral dues, but later on she could learn that the retiral dues is equally payable to her and as such she submitted the necessary pension papers for settling the retiral dues. It is submitted that the petitioner has also filed a representation requesting fro payment of the retiral dues. Learned counsel appearing for the respondent- State submits that the petitioner has filed the present writ application after long delay and that too the claim as mentioned in the representation is not clear. In the above circumstances, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for expeditious disposal of the pending claims as highlighted in this writ application, petitioner proposes to file a fresh representation before the respondent no.5 with a copy to the respondent no.3. In such view of the matter, in case such representation stating details of unpaid claims is filed by the petitioner within a period of four weeks from today along with the certified copy of the present order as also the copy of the relevant documents, if any, in support of the claim, the grievances of the petitioner raised in the representation shall be considered in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of six months on receipt of such representation so that the grievances of the petitioner may be settled without delay and upon consideration the admitted dues found payable may also be paid to the petitioner. The writ application stands disposed of with the above observations/directions. Manish/- (Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J.)