IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10295 of 2008 Malti Devi, W/o Late Ramadhar Sharma, Resident of Village and P.O. – Lari, P.S. – Kurtha, District – Arwal. ……… Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat Building, Patna. 2. The Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, Vikas Bhawan, Patna. 3. The Magadh University, through its Registrar, Bodh Gaya, Gaya. 4. The Vice Chancellor, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, Gaya. 5. The Registrar, Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, Gaya. 6. The Finance Officer, Magadh University, Body Gaya, Gaya. 7. The Principal, S.B.A.N. College, Darhetta Lari, District – Arwal. …….. Respondents ---------------------------------- 16 09.11.2011 Heard Sri Anil Kumar Upadhyaya, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Tripurari Nath Ambashtha, learned A.C. to Standing Counsel No. 23, who appears on behalf of respondent no. 1 & 2 / state and Sri Harsh Vardhan, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent no. 3 to 6 / Magadh University, Bodh Gaya. The present writ petition was filed in the year 2008 with a prayer to direct the respondents to determine the family pension, calculate death-cum-retiral dues and make payment of the amount of gratuity, provident fund, group insurance and other dues of her husband. The husband of the petitioner while working as an ‘Assistant’ in S.B.A.N. College, Darhetta Lari under Magadh University died on 19.11.2006 while in service. After not getting any response from the University, the petitioner had approached this court by filing the present writ petition. In this case on earlier occasions number of orders were passed. However, till date, the respondent authority has not bothered 2 to respond to the averment made in the writ petition. At the time of hearing of the writ petition neither learned counsel for the petitioner nor learned counsel for the University were in a position to inform the court as to whether the grievances of the petitioner have been redressed or not. However, orally it was intimated by learned counsel for the petitioner that the petitioner is now getting family pension and gratuity amount was also paid. In view of the fact that the writ petition was filed in the year 2008 and despite passing number of orders no affidavit has been filed till date, the court is of the opinion that the writ petition may not be kept pending for an indefinite period. Accordingly, the writ petition stands allowed with a direction to the respondents particularly respondent no. 4 & 5 / Vice-Chancellor and Registrar of the Magadh University, Bodh Gaya, respectively to take all steps to clear all the death-cum-retiral dues of the husband of the petitioner and make payment of arrear of family pension within a period of two months from the date of receipt / production of a copy of this order, if same has not been paid till date. The writ petition stands disposed of. Praful ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)