IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.18962 of 2011 Ahilya Devi, Wife of Sri Rajendra Poddar ‘Madhukar’ at present residing at Mohalla – Sipahitola, Chunapur Road, Purnea, Police Station – K. Hat, District – Purnea. ……… Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Principal Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director, Primary Education, Human Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Regional Deputy Director of Education, Purnea Division, Purnea. 5. The District Education Officer, Purnea. 6. The District Programme Officer, Establishment, Purnea. 7. The Accountant General, Bihar, Vir Chand Patel Marg, Patna. 8. The Treasury Officer, Purnea. ……… …………. Respondents ---------------------------------- 2 24.10.2011 Heard Sri Gyanand Roy, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Vineet Kumar, learned A.C. to Government Advocate No. 9, who appears on behalf of respondent no. 1 to 6 /State of Bihar and learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent no. 7/Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. The petitioner, who retired as Officiating Headmistress from Middle School, Bimsganj-1, Madhubani, Purnea on 31.01.2011, has prayed for directing the respondents to clear all her retiral dues. Specifically it has been stated that sanction order regarding pension of the petitioner has not been sent by the Office of respondent no. 5 / District Education Officer, Purnea, to the respondent no. 7 / Accountant General, Bihar, Patna till date, that too, without any rhyme and reason. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that only provisional amount of gratuity has been paid to the petitioner. So far as other retiral dues are concerned, it has been admitted that 2 same has already been paid. It was submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that due to non-issuance of sanction order for her pension, the petitioner had also filed an application under the Right to Information Act to provide information as to under what circumstances sanction order regarding her pension has not been sent to the office of Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn my attention to ‘Annexure-5’ to the writ petition which is a copy of an application filed before the Information Officer, Office of the District Education Officer, Purnea. It was submitted that instead of providing such information only photo-copy of pension papers were provided to the petitioner vide ‘Annexure – 6’ to the writ petition. In view of the fact that pension papers are pending before respondent no. 5/ District Education Officer, Purnea, as submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner since long, it is desirable to allow the writ petition directing the respondent no. 5 / District Education Officer, Purnea, to issue sanction order in respect of pension and arrear pension in favour of the petitioner within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order. He is further directed to issue sanction order for remaining amount of gratuity along with admissible interest within aforesaid time. Thereafter, respondent no. 7 / Accountant General, Bihar, Patna, is required to issue authorization within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the sanction order. All concerned are directed to take steps to transmit the amount as per 3 authorization of the Accountant General, Bihar, Patna, to the account (A/c) of the petitioner within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of authorization. With above observation and direction the writ petition stands allowed. Praful ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)