IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.3658 of 2009 Birendra Pandey, Son of Late Ruplal Pandey, Resident of Village Mahalla Barihat, P.S. Khazanchi Hat, District Purnia. --------- Petitioner Versus 1. The Bihar State Electricity Board through Chairman, Bihar Electricity Board, Bailey Road, Patna. 2. The Secretary, Bihar Electricity Board, Bailey Road, Patna. 3. The General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer, Koshi Area Electricity Board, Saharsa. 4. The Electrical Superintending Engineer Electrical Supply Circle, Saharsa. 5. The Electrical Executive Engineer Electric Supply Division, Rosara, Samastipur. 6. The Assistant Engineer-Electrical Supply-Circle, Rosara, Samstipur. 7. The Account Officer Establishment Rosara, Samastipur. ----------- Respondents ----------- 3 14.07.2010 Though this case has been listed today, but it appears that due inadvertence its number was wrongly mentioned in the list as MJC No.3058 of 2009 in place of MJC No. 3658 of 2009. The Secretary to the Board in compliance of the order of this Court dated 23.6.2010 has appeared and has filed his show-cause reply which is kept on record. In view of the fact that this application has stood dismissed due to non- compliance of the preemptory order dated 23.6.2010, no further action now need to be taken except recording the fact that the order of this Court dated 10.02.2009 in the 2 connected writ petition C.W.J.C. No. 2017/2009 even otherwise has been complied by the opposite parties, inasmuch as, the payment have been made to the petitioner on the head of gratuity and the arrear of pension by cheque dated 7.7.2010 covering the amount of gratuity of Rs. 3,50,000/- and arrear of pension of Rs. 2,69,520/-. There being also sufficient explanation for the delayed compliance of the order, this court would drop the proceedings against the opposite parties for the present but it is, however, made clear that the time limit fixed by this Court cannot be extended by the authority himself and if there be any such need of extension of time, a prior application must be filed before expiry of such time limit. With the aforementioned observations, this application is disposed of. The personal appearance of the Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board is also dispensed with. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)