IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.86 of 2007 ARCHNA SINHA Versus STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2/ 16-07-2008 This petition has been filed by the petitioner for initiating a proceeding of contempt against the Opposite Parties for violation/ non-compliance of order of this Court dated 4.9.2006 passed in CWJC No. 6870 of 2006 by which the respondent- authorities were directed to pay all terminal/ retiral dues due and payable to respondent No. 5 of that writ case who is petitioner in the instant M.J.C. petition. The claim of the petitioner is that her mother, Ahilya Sinha, was a government employee and she died in harness on 16.07.2005. A show-cause has been filed on behalf of Opposite Party No. 3, namely, Civil Surgeon-cum-Chief Medical Officer on 6.4.2007 stating that all admitted dues have already been paid to the petitioner in accordance with law. However, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that still arrears of salary of her mother from April 1999 till July, 2005 and House rent allowance from February 2002 to July, 2005 are due and have not been paid. Since the aforesaid claim of the petitioner on the two heads are in dispute and all the admitted dues have been paid, this writ petition is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to move before Civil Surgeon-cum-Chief Medical Officer for raising the said grievances by way of filing an application before him along with the relevant materials and copy of this order within four weeks from today. If such an application is filed, the said authority shall consider - 2 - the same in accordance with law and dispose it of by a speaking order within eight weeks thereafter and if any amount is found payable to the petitioner, it should be paid to her immediately. Learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for the Accountant General are also present. B.Tiwary/ ( S. N. Hussain, J )