IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.152 of 2006 LAKSHMI SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Virendra Pd., Adv. For the Respondents : Mr. J.S.Barnwal, Adv. For the State : Mr. Md. Anis Akhtar, JC to AAG 10 ---------- P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal ----------- Dated, the 8th July, 2008. It appears that when the matter came-up before the Court on 11.10.2006, the controversy was confined to some of the grievances indicated in the supplementary affidavit filed on behalf of the petitioner. The order dated 11.10.2006 reads thus: - “Mr. Virendra Prasad for the petitioner, learned JC to SC XIII, and Mr. J S Barnwal for the Magadh University and its functionaries are present. The grievances of the petitioner have narrowed down during the pendency of the present proceedings and a major portion of his entitlements have already been paid to him. His surviving grievances have been indicated in the “Supplementary Affidavit filed on behalf of the petitioner above-named”. The Registrar of the University is directed to take note of the grievances indicated therein and ensure payment of the lawful dues followed by an affidavit personally sworn by him giving details of account. It must be made clear that the amount of dearness allowance deposited in the general provident fund account of the petitioner under the policy decision of the State Government is subject to the same terms and - 2 - conditions which govern the normal deposits in the account. In other words, the petitioner shall be entitled to interest at the statutory rate till the date of payment on the entire corpus of the G.P.F. including the deposits of darkness allowance in the said account. Let the process be completed within a period of four weeks. 2. Put up after two months. The time in the meanwhile may be utilized by the parties for completion of pleadings.” 2. The matter was adjourned on few dates and then on 12.12.2006, the time of two months was granted to make full payment of the dues of the petitioner. It was observed that the University authorities shall ensure payment of the petitioner on account of arrears of pension and gratuity consistent with the orders passed by the Courts in the case of Baleshwar Ojha vs. State of Bihar & Ors., 2006(1) PLJR 506, and Prof. Surendra Bahadur Singh vs. State of Bihar & Ors., PLJR 2006(4) 369. 3. A supplementary show cause has been filed by Opposite party no.4 on 30th May 2007 and the following statement has been made: - “6. That the University thereafter in compliance of the order dated 12.12.2006 recalculated the new claims of the petitioner and made following more payments: - (i) PENSION was revised as per new revised U.G.C. scale w.e.f. 1.1.96 and was fixed at Rs.8142/- per month vide revised P.P.O. under letter no. Fin/Pen/1034/07 dated 24.3.2007. (ii) Arrears of Pension – It was calculated as per new revised pay scale which came to Rs.1,29,101/- only which was paid vide above P.P.O. (iii) Enhanced Gratuity – In this head out of 3.5 lakh Rs. one lakh was already paid to the petitioner and - 3 - remaining amount of 2.5 lakh was also paid vide said P.P.O. (iv) Interest on Gratuity- As per the order of reported judgment referred above interest @ 6.5% was also calculated and paid Rs.1,34,541/- only vide above P.P.O.” 4. We are satisfied that the order dated 10.8.2005 and 12.12.2006 have been complied with and nothing further needs to be done in the M.J.C. It is disposed of accordingly. R. M. Lodha, CJ Kishore K. Mandal, J Pawan/-