IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10984 of 2011 Munshi Chaudhary, Son of Late Shivgobind Chaudhary, Superintendent of Excise, Presently residing at Flat No.105 B, Laxmi Apartment, Chitragupta Nagar, Kankarbagh, Patna – 800020. ... ... Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Secretary, Registration and Excise Department, Government of Bihar. 3. The Excise Commissioner, Bihar, Patna. 4. The Accountant General, Bihar. ... ... Respondents. ----------- 2. 15.7.2011. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Krishna Chandra, learned A.C. to learned Advocate General, who appears on behalf of respondent nos.1 to 3/State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent no.4/Accountant General. The petitioner, who retired with effect from 31st July,2010 as Superintendent of Excise, Sitamarhi, has prayed for directing the respondents to make payment of pension as well as amount of gratuity. Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn my attention to Annexure-1 to the writ petition, whereby the petitioner had made a representation before the Secretary, Registration and Excise Department, 2 Government of Bihar/respondent no.2 raising his claim for grant of pension and payment of amount of gratuity. It was submitted that despite the fact that petitioner retired in the month of July,2010 and he filed representation for pension and gratuity, till date, no step has been taken by the respondent/authority in the light of redressing the grievances of the petitioner. In view of the facts and circumstances, the court is of the opinion that case can be disposed of at this stage directing the respondents, particularly respondent nos.2 and 3 to take all steps for issuance of sanction order in respect of final pension and gratuity of petitioner within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Court Expects that respondent no.4/Accountant General will issue authorization within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of sanction order issued by the State authority. It is made clear that this order shall be applicable only in a case if there is no departmental 3 proceeding or criminal proceeding pending against the petitioner. With above observation and direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. N.H./ ( Rakesh Kumar,J.)