IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12666 of 2004 SMT.RENU VERMA W/O LATE BIJAY KRISHNA,R/O MOHALLA RATION KI GALI NEAR CHITRAGUPTA NAGAR, P.O+ PS. PATRAKAR NAGAR,DISTT-PATNA -----------------------PETITIONER Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH SECY. HIGHER EDUCATION, GOVT. OF BIHAR, NEW SECRETARIATE, PATNA 2. THE SECY. FINANCE DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR 3. THE CHAIRMAN BIHAR STATE UNIVERSITY (CONSTITUTE COLLEGE) SERVICE COMMISSION,PATNA 4. THE SECY. BIHAR STATE UNIVERSITY (CONSTITUTE COLLEGE) SERVICE COMMISSION, PATNA------- RESPONDENTS WITH CWJC No.5649 of 2005 AMBIKA RAI S/O LATE RAJJAN RAI, R/O VILLAGE-HUSSAINI PS- KHAJURIA,DISTT- EAST CHAMPARAN,MOTIHARI—PETITIONER Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE SECY. HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT,GOVT. OF BIHAR. PATNA 2. DIRECTOR HIGHER EDUCATION, HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 3. COLLEGE SERVICE COMMISSION THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN BORING ROAD, PATNA 4. SECY. COLLEGE SERVICE COMMISSION, BORING ROAD, PATNA--- ------------------------RESPONDENTS ----------- For the Petitioners: Mr. S.K.Sinha, No.2,Advocate Mr. Ambar Nath Banerji, Advocate For the State: Mr. Arvind Ujjwal S.C.XI Mr. P.K.Lal, AC to SC XI ----------- 14 31.3.2009 Heard learned counsel for the parties of both the writ applications In both these writ applications prayer is for authorization of pension/family pension as the case may be and for grant of other retiral dues to which the petitioners are entitled to like other government servants of the State. These writ applications have been pending since 2004 and 2005. Various kind of affidavits have come to be filed but no clear and categorical stand has been taken by the State with regard to the issue that the employees of the erstwhile Bihar State University ( constitute college) Service Commission (since - 2 - dissolved) are entitled to similar benefit as that of the government employees as per the Rule 13 and notification dated 1.4.1964 issued by the Secretary of the Education Department, Government of Bihar contained in Annexure-6 to the rejoinder of petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner of CWJC No. 12666 of 2004 has brought on record a decision of this High Court dated 8.7.2004 passed in CWJC No. 8272 of 2002. In that writ application in a similar situation keeping in mind yet anther decision which has been rendered by this Court in the case of Hari Nandan Sharma directed payment of retiral dues and such other benefits to which the State government employees are entitled. Keeping in mind the judicial opinion in such matters, these writ applications are disposed of with a direction upon the Principal Secretary, Department of Human Resources that he shall take steps for authorization of the retiral dues, pension/ family pension, as the case may be within a period of four months from the date of communication or production of a copy of this order. Both these writ applications stand disposed of with the above direction. RPS (Ajay Kumar Tripathi,J.)