IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8510 of 2008 LAXMI NARAYAN SHARMA, son of Late Shahdeo Sharma, resident of Village Lawapur Mahanar, P.S. Mahnar, District Vaishali at Hajipur ---Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Director, Department of Panchayati Raj, at Secretariat, Bailey Road, Patna. 3. The Secretary, Department of Rural Development at Secretariat, Bailey Road, Patna. 4. The Commissioner, Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur, District Muzaffarpur. 5. The D.M., District Vaishali at Hajipur. ---Respondents ----------- 2. 18.8.2009 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the respondent-State. The grievance of the petitioner is that though the petitioner retired from the post of Panchayat Sewak on 1st of October, 1999, but till date no retiral dues have been paid despite representing the matter. The learned counsel appearing for the State submits that in case the petitioner files a fresh representation stating the details of his claims, the same would be considered without delay. In the above circumstances, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for expeditious disposal of the pending claims as raised in this writ application, the petitioner proposes to file a fresh representation before the District Magistrate, Vaishali at Hajipur (respondent no.5). In case such a representation is filed stating the details of the claims as also enclosing the copy of the relevant documents in support of his claims along with the certified copy of the present order within a period of four weeks, the respondent no.5 2 shall consider the grievances of the petitioner as raised in his representation and dispose it of in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months on receipt of such representation, so that the claim for payment of the retiral dues could be settled without further delay. The writ application stands disposed of with the above observations/directions. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)