IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.20902 of 2011 1. Ram Chandra Dhandhania S/O Lte Kashi Ram Dhandhania R/O Mohalla- Patal Babu Road, Bhagalpur, Town, P.S.-Kotwali, District - Bhagalpur Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Secretary Science And Technology Department, Government Of Bihar, Patna 3. The Joint Secretary Science And Technology Department, Government Of Bihar, Patna 4. The Deputy Secretary Science And Technology Department, Government Of Bihar, Patna 5. The Under Secretary Science And Technology Department, Government Of Bihar, Patna 6. The Principal, Bhagalpur College Of Engineering, Bhagalpur ---------------------------------- For the Petitioner:- Mr. Sachindra Kumar Tiwari, Adv. For the State:- Mr. Sunil Kumar Mandal, Adv. Mr. Bipin Kr., Adv. --------------------- 2. 19.12.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner claims to be fulfilling the requirements for voluntary retirement both with regard to the period of qualifying service, age and non pendency of any departmental proceeding/suspension. It is submitted that he made a request on 7.4.2008 and in absence of any refusal or any legal bar he stood retired voluntarily with effect from 30.6.2008. Strong reliance is placed on a Bench decision of this Court reported in 2011 (3) PLJR 593 ( Dr. Krishna Kumar Mallick Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.). 2 Rather than to ask for a counter affidavit, if the respondents do not appear to be responding to his request for voluntary retirement, the writ application is disposed with direction to the respondents to pass all final appropriate and necessary consequential orders in accordance with law in light of the judgment of this Court in Dr. Krishna (supra) on his application for voluntary retirement dated 7.4.2008. The petitioner is stated not to have been working from the due date reckoned from 7.4.2008. Let this order be complied with within a maximum period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. The writ application stands disposed. P. Kumar ( Navin Sinha, J.)