IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14805 of 2008 Chandrika Prasad Singh, Son of Late Sheo Nath Singh, resident of Village-Pirauta, P.O. Pirauta, P.S. Baniyapur, District- Saran, retired Junior Line Man, Bihar State Electricity Board, Electrical Circle, Chapra West ------------------Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through Chief Secretary, Bihar,Patna 2. The Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna, through its Secretary 3. The Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board,Patna 4. The Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board,Patna 5. The Financial Controller, Bihar State Electricity Board,Patna 6. The Deputy Director of Accounts, Bihar State Electricity Board, Tirhut Area, Muzaffarpur 7. The Superintending Engineer, Electrical Circle, Chapra 8. The Electrical Executive Engineer, Electrical Supply Division, Chapra West , Chapra 9. The Accounts Officer, Electrical Division, Chapra ---------------------------------- 02 25-11-2011 Heard Sri Ved Prakash Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Ratan Prasad Sinha, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Respondent/ Bihar State Electricity Board. The present writ petition was filed in the year 2008 with a prayer to direct the Respondents to pay all the retiral dues. In this case, a counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the Respondent/ Board on 11.11.2011 indicating therein that the amount under the head of G.P.F., G.S.S. and leave encashment was already paid between 2008 and 2009. It has further been indicated that the sanction order in respect of pension and gratuity was already issued. Regarding arrear of pension and gratuity, it has been indicated that sanction order was awaited. Learned counsel for the Board submits that affidavit was prepared on the basis of statement of fact, which was received earlier. 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner is not in a position to inform the Court as to whether grievances of the petitioner have been redressed or not. In view of the facts and circumstances, the Court is of the opinion that the writ petition can be disposed of with direction to pay the sanctioned amount of gratuity, arrear of gratuity, arrear of pension and pension, if the same has not been paid to the petitioner, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. The writ petition stands disposed of. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)