IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.19914 of 2011 Pintu Mian, S/o Sweraze Mian, Resident of Mohalla – East Sarai, P.S. – Kotwali, District – Gaya. …….. Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Department of Finance, Govt. of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 2. The Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Urban Development Department, Govt. of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna. 3. The Commissioner, Gaya Municipal Corporation, Gaya. 4. The Account Officer, Gaya Municipal Corporation, Gaya. …….. Respondent ---------------------------------- 2 21.11.2011 Heard Sri Vinod Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Digvijay Narayan Singh, learned A.C. to Standing Counsel No. 9, who appears on behalf of respondent no. 1 & 2 /State of Bihar and Sri R.K. Priyadarshi, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent no. 3 & 4 /Gaya Municipal Corporation, Gaya. It is a peculiar case in which the petitioner has claimed for death-cum-retiral dues of his grand mother, who allegedly retired on 30.04.1991, and thereafter, she died on 18.02.2003. Even several years after the death of the grand mother of the petitioner the petitioner in 2011 has filed the present writ petition for a direction to the ‘Corporation’ to pay death-cum-retiral dues of the grand mother of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the grand mother of the petitioner, father of the petitioner and the petitioner has also filed number of representations but respondent did not take any decision on his representation nor claim has been settled till date. 2 In view of the fact that the petitioner himself has admitted that his grand mother retired on 30.04.1991, and thereafter, died on 18.02.2003, the court is of the opinion that in 2011 this writ court cannot grant any relief to the petitioner. The writ petition stands dismissed since the matter appears to be completely stale. Praful ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)