IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4354 of 2006 SRI SARYU RAM Versus THE CHAIRMAN, BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD AND OTHERS. ----------- 2. 18.5.2010. Mr. Gopal Govind Mishra for the petitioner and Mr. Vijay Kumar Verma, Junior counsel to Mr. Vinay Kirti Singh representing the Board are present. The petitioner is the son of Late Ram Lakhan who died in harness on 9.2.2001 while holding the post of Choukidar at Bhojpur Electric Supply circle, Ara. It is stated that even the mother of the petitioner subsequently expired on 17.8.2003 without receiving any pension. The writ petition had been filed for payment of the death cum retiral dues admissible to the deceased employee together with the arrears of family pension which was payable to the deceased mother of the petitioner. The matter having remained pending for almost four years, there is no counter affidavit on record nor the learned counsel for the respondents is in receipt of any instructions. In the circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner, to represent before the respondent no.5 the Executive 2 Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Bhojpur at Ara together with the details of the pending claims and the respondent Executive Engineer after satisfying himself on the issue of the petitioner being the legal heir and rightful claimant of the said dues, would make payment of the same within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, in case the said amounts have not yet been paid to him. ahk (Jyoti Saran, J.)