IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4621 of 2007 VIJAY SINGH, son of Late Jai Pat Singh of Village and P.O.-Rampur Diara Via Maner, P.S. Maner, District Patna ---Petitioner Versus 1. BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD through its Secretary, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna. 3. Accounts Officer (Puni),B.S.E.B., Patna. 4. Financial Controller No.I, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna. 5. Dy. Director, Personnel, B.S.E.B., Deptt. Of General Administration, Bihar, Patna. 6. The Executive Engineer (Civil), B.S.E.B., Punaichak, Patna. ---Respondents ----------- 6. 13.9.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the respondent-Board. The grievance of the petitioner is against the recovery of Rs.8,778/- only from the sanctioned amount of gratuity as would be appearing from the order sanctioning the gratuity, vide Annexure 9. It is submitted that on perusal of the aforesaid order it would appear that deduction was made on account of wrong fixation of pay drawn by the petitioner. It is submitted that it is not in dispute that while fixing the pay scale, the petitioner did not play any role or practice any misrepresentation or fraud and as such after retirement it is not justified on the part of the Board to deduct the aforesaid amount from his retrial dues. The other claim of the petitioner is with regard to the payment of statutory interest over the provident fund dues, which, according to the petitioner, has not been paid as per the rule. - 2 - Learned counsel appearing for the respondent-Board submits that the claim of the petitioner against the recovery needs to be verified from the record as also the claim for payment of interest. In the above circumstances, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for expeditious disposal of the aforesaid two grievances, the petitioner proposes to bring it to the notice of the Financial Controller No.I, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna (respondent no.4) by way of representation. In case such a representation is filed stating the details of his aforesaid claims as also enclosing the copy of the relevant documents, if any, in support of such claims along with the certified copy of the present order within a period of four weeks, the grievances of the petitioner as raised in his representation be considered in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months on receipt of such representation, so that the grievances may be settled at the earliest. Upon consideration, in case the representation of the petitioner is accepted, the deducted amount as also the admitted interest over the G.P.F., if any, may also be paid expeditiously, preferably within the next two months. However, if any of the claims or part of the claims is found not admissible, the same shall be informed to the petitioner with the reasons thereof. The writ application stands disposed of with the above observations/directions. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)