WP(C) 5724/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR JUSTICE P.K. MUSAHARY Heard Mr. B. Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. S. Das, learned standing counsel, Education Department, Mr. C. Barua, learned counsel f or the Accountant General, Assam and Mr. U.K. Nair, learned counsel for the resp ondents 4 and 5. The petitioner retired on superannuation from the post of Principal of Earle HS School in Cachar District on 29.2.96. While he was working as Principal he was placed under suspension as per order dated 9.8.94. According to the petitioner, no material was found against the petitioner and as such no charge could be fram ed. As a result, no departmental proceeding could be initiated against him and u ltimately he was reinstated in service pending finalisation of departmental proc eeding as per order dated 25.10.95. The petitioner approached the authorities co ncerned on several occasions by submitting representation but the period of susp ension has not been regularized and thereby the petitioner has not been deprived of pensionary benefit. Mr. Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the period in questio n has been regularized vide order dated 8.4.2011, which has been disclosed in th e affidavit-in-opposition filed by the respondent No.2. The counter affidavit filed by the respondent No.2 on 21.4.2011 is not on record . A copy of the said counter affidavit has been furnished by the learned standin g counsel, Education Department, which is marked as Annexure-R1 and kept on reco rd. Mr.Das, learned standing counsel, Education Department submits that the suspensi on period w.e.f. 21.8.94 to 25.10.95 has been regularized and the Inspector of S chools, CDC, Silchar, vide letter dated 18.4.2011 has been directed to process t he pension paper in respect of the petitioner. Mr. Das further submits that as soon as the pension papers are received from the Officer concerned, the same sha ll be processed within a period of one month and the pension papers shall be sen t to the Director of Pension for finalisation. In view of the aforesaid position and status of the matter, this writ petition, as agreed upon by the learned counsel for the parties, stands disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.3, Inspector of Schools to submit the pension pa pers of the petitioner to the Director (respondent No.2), who on receipt of the pension papers, in his turn, shall process and transmit all necessary documents in respect of the petitioner within a period of 30 days from the date of receipt of the pension papers from the Inspector of Schools, to the Director of Pension (respondent No.5). The respondent No. 5, Director of Pension in his turn on rec eipt of the pension papers shall finalize the matter within a period of 3 months .