IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13294 of 2005 SARJU DAS Versus THE CHAIRMAN,B.S.E.B. & ORS ----------- 02/ 12.05.2010 Mr. Satya Ranjan Sinha for the petitioner and Mr. Ram Kishore Singh for the Electricity Board are present. The petitioner Sarju Das who retired from the post of Junior Lineman with effect from February, 2000, had filed the writ petition for payment of his post retiral benefits. A counter affidavit was filed on behalf of the Electricity Board on 14.05.2009 setting out the details of payment made to the petitioner. In so far as arrears on account of pay revision, it was stated that the same is yet to be paid. It was further stated that the petitioner had expired on 12.2.2008 and thus the revised gratuity was paid to his widow Smt. Sumangati Devi. The counter affidavit was filed on 14.5.2009 and neither there is any rejoinder to the said counter affidavit nor there is any interlocutory application substituting the deceased writ petitioner. In the circumstances, the writ petition can not proceed. The proceedings are closed. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, J.)