IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10676 of 2008 Baidnath Das, Son of Late Khekhar Das, Resident of Village – Madhu Chhapra, P.S. – Pibra, District – East Champaran, Motihari …. Petitioner Versus 1. The Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Bihar, Patna. 3. The General Manager Area Board, Bihar State Electricity Board, Muzaffarpur, Bihar. 4. The Executive Engineer Supply Division Electricity Board, Motihari, East Champaran. ……….. Respondents ---------------------------------- 3 14.11.2011 Heard Sri Vijay Shankar Shrivastava, learned counsel for the petitioner and Smt. Nivedita Nirwikar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of all the respondents/ Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna. The present writ petition was filed in the year 2008 with a prayer to direct the respondents to pay pension, gratuity, earned leave, G.S.S., transfer allowance, clearance of over time dues and dearness allowance (D.A.). Smt. Nivedita Nirwikar, learned counsel for respondents submits that during the pendency of the writ petition all the retiral dues of the petitioner have already been paid which has already been stated in the counter affidavit. Learned counsel for the petitioner does not dispute the statement of learned counsel for the Board but submits that till date claim of over time and dearness allowance (D.A.) has not been settled. In view of the facts and circumstances, the court is of the opinion that since all the retiral dues have already been settled there is no reason to keep the matter pending. The writ petition 2 stands disposed of. However, for the claim of over time dues and D.A., the petitioner is granted liberty to approach the authority concerned by filing a representation before respondent no. 3 /General Manager Area Board, Bihar State Electricity Board, Muzaffarpur. If such representation is filed within six weeks, the court expects that the respondent no. 3 will examine the same and pass appropriate order in accordance with law within a period of four months from the date of filing of such representation. If the respondent no. 3 considers the claim of the petitioner as genuine, he is required to pass order for payment. Even in case of refusal, he is required to pass a speaking order and communicate the same to the petitioner within four months from the date of filing of such representation. The writ petition stands disposed of. Praful ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)