IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.2855 of 2010 KABITA KUMARI SRIVASTAVA wife of Late Dr. Ashok Kumar, resident of Jai Prakash Pandey Lane, Jogsar Gowaltoli, Jogsar, District- Bhagalpur. ... Petitioner. Versus 1. STATE OF BIHAR 2. Dr. Padmasha Jha, Vice Chancellor, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga. 3. Sri VIMAL Kumar, the Registrar, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Kameshwar Naga, Darbhanga. 4. Mr. P.K. Chindam, finance Officer, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga. 5. Dr. Kameshwar Jha, Principal, C. M. College, Darbhanga. ... Opp. Parties. ----------- 3. 25.08.2010 Having heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for Lalit Narayan Mithila University, this Court would find that strike of Class III/IV employees of the University has become a plank for survival of the opposite parties for the present but then they have forgotten that such order being subject matter of contempt application was not passed in the month of July 2010 when such strike was either started or has ended in the month of August 2010. The order in question whose violation has been complained by the petitioner was passed on 19.3.2009 and on that order the authority was supposed to pay the dues of her husband towards the retirement benefit within fixed time frame. Normally for such obvious contempt on the face of it this Court had no hesitation in straightway 2 initiating proceeding against the opposite parties and punishing them. Mr. Shahi, however in view of the show-cause filed today would submit that come what may the payment to the petitioner will be made within a period of four weeks from today. Taking this as an assurance given by him to this Court on the basis of statement made in paragraph 6 of the show-cause today, this court would dispose of this contempt application with a direction to all concerned authorities of the University to ensure that whatever legitimate admitted amount of dues of the retirement benefit of the husband of the petitioner is payable on the head of leave encashment and arrears of pension and gratuity, the same must be paid to the petitioner within a period of four weeks from today which would mean by 22nd September 2010. After making such payment, counsel for the University will file a compliance report before the Registry of this Court. With the aforementioned observation and direction, this contempt application is disposed of. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)