IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5317 of 2009 1. Santosh KUMAR. 2. SANJAY KUMAR 3. ASUTOSHY KUMAR 4. KUNAL KUMAR 5. VIVEK KUMAR ALL ARE SONS OF LATE KRISHNA SHARMA 6. SUDHA DEVI 7. ROOPA DEVI BOTH ARE DAUGHTERS OF LATE KRISHNA SHARMA RESIDENT OF NEW GODAN PAHSI LANE NEAR RAMA PRESS POST OFFICE AND P.S. GAYA DISTRICT GAYA. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE COMMISSIONER CUM SECRETARY WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT SICHAI BHAWAN PATNA. 3. DEPUTY SECRETARY FINANCE (VAIKTISK DAWA NIRDHARNA KOSHANG) DEPARTMENT OLD SECRETARIATE, PATNA. 4. ACCOUNTANT GENERAL BIHAR, PATNA. 5. EXECUTIVE ENGINEER GRAMIN VIKASH SPECIAL JAMSHEDPUR, JHARKHAND RANCHI. 6. DEPUTY SECRETARY FINANCE (VAIKTIK DAWA NIRCHARAN KOSANG) DEPARTMENT, JHARKHAND RANCHI. ----------- 05. 13.09.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, State of Bihar as also Mr. Dhrub Mukherjee, learned counsel for the State of Jharkhand. The grievance of the petitioners is with regard to the payment of retiral dues of their father who retired on 30th of June 1999 from the office of the respondent no. 5 which according to the petitioners has not been fully settled and paid as yet. 2 Learned counsel for the respondent nos. 5 and 6 submits that petitioner was an employee of Water Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna from where he was granted promotion to the post of Assistant Engineer vide Annexure- 2. However, it appears from the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the respondent nos. 5 and 6 that the service book of the petitioner was not available with them, as a result, the pensionary benefits have not been settled as yet. It is further submitted that the averments made in the writ application as also the annexures are not clear with regard to the claims of the original writ petitioner. In the above circumstances, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that for expeditious disposal of the pending claims, petitioners propose to file a representation before the respondent no. 2 with a copy to other respondents. In view of the above, in case such representation stating details of unpaid claims is filed by the petitioners within a period of six weeks along with the certified copy of the present order as also the copy of the relevant documents, if any, in support of the claim, the above respondent shall consider the claims of the petitioners as raised in the representation in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months 3 on receipt of such representation so that the grievances of the petitioners could be settled without delay and the admitted dues could also be paid along with interest permissible under the rules. The writ application stands disposed of with the above observations/directions. Jagdish/ ( Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)