IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.19813 of 2010 JANARDAN PRASAD SINGH, Son of Late Ramadhin Singh, resident of Village- Daniawah, P.O. Kushiahalpur, P.S. Ekengarsarai, District-Nalanda ---------------- Petitioner Versus 1. THE BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, Through its Chairman, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road,Patna 2. The Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan,Bailey Road,Patna 3. The Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan,Bailey Road,Patna 4. The Joint Secretary, General Administration Department, Section 13, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan,Bailey Road,Patna 5. The Director Terminal Benefits, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan,Bailey Road,Patna 6. The Accounts Officer, Electric Supply Circle, Gaya 7. The Electrical Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Rural, Gaya ------------------------ Respondents. ----------- 02 07-12-2010 Heard Sri Kumar Ravish, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Bihar State Electricity Board. The petitioner is aggrieved with the order contained in Memo No.651 dated 2.7.2008 passed by the Director of Terminal Benefits, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna, whereby it has been decided to recover a sum of Rs. 1,08,466.30 from petitioner’s Death cum- Retiral Gratuity . Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the order dated 2.7.2008 was passed without affording any opportunity to the petitioner. However, the petitioner against the said order has filed a detailed representation before the Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, vide Annexure-2 to the petition, which has not been taken note by the concerned authorities till date. 2 With the consent of the parties, the writ petition is being disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh detailed representation before the Respondent No.2 i.e. Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna within a period of six weeks from today. If such representation is filed within the aforesaid period, Respondent no.2, i.e. the Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna will examine the same and pass a reasoned order within a period of three months from the date of filing of the said representation. It is made clear that if Respondent no.2 finds the claim of the petitioner to be genuine, he will pass appropriate order within the said period. With the above observation and direction, the petition stands disposed of. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)