IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.989 of 2009 Vijay Kumar Sahay @ Bijay Kr. Sahay, Son of Late Bal Mukund Sahay, Resident of Mohalla – Babu Tola, Ward No. 15, Banka, District – Banka. ---------- Petitioner Versus 1. Bihar State Electricity Board through Secretary, Bailey Road, Patna. 2. The Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Bailey Road, Patna. 3. The Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Bailey Road, Patna. 4. Finance Controller-I, Bihar State Electricity Board, Bailey Road, Patna. 5. The General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer, Area Electricity Board, Bhagalpur, District – Bhagalpur. 6. The Superintending Engineer, Electric Supply Circle, Bhagalpur, District – Bhagalpur. 7. The Electrical Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Banka, District – Banka. ---------- Respondents ---------------------------------- 2 20.12.2011 Heard Sri Subodh Kumar Jha, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Vinod Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of all the Respondents/Bihar State Electricity Board. The present writ petition was filed with a prayer to direct the Respondents to make payment of amount of G.P.F., G.S.S., leave encashment and gratuity along with statutory admissible interest. In this case, a counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of Respondent/Board and it has been indicated that during the pendency of the writ petition all the remaining amount have already been paid. Sri Subodh Kumar Jha, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it is true that during the pendency of the writ petition payments have been made but payments were made at belated stage, and as such, the petitioner is entitled to get interest on delayed payments. 2 The court is also of the opinion that on delayed payments, the petitioner is entitled to get interest. However, in absence of any specific pleading, it would be difficult for this court to record any positive finding on the point of interest. Accordingly, keeping in view the fact that main grievances of the petitioner have already been redressed, there is no need to further keep the matter pending. However, regarding interest on delayed payments, the petitioner is granted liberty to file a representation before Respondent No. 3 / Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna, within a period of six weeks from today. If such representation is filed, the Respondent No. 3 is required to examine the same and pass appropriate order in accordance with law within a period of two months from the date of filing of such representation. If the Respondent No. 3 considers the claim of interest raised by the petitioner as genuine, he is required to pass order for payment of interest within aforesaid time. Even in case of refusal, the Respondent No. 3 is required to pass a speaking order and communicate the same to the petitioner within two months from the date of filing of such representation. With above observation and direction the writ petition stands disposed of. Praful ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)