IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11695 of 2011 Santosh Kumar, Son of Late Jwala Prasad, Resident of Mohalla – L.I.C. Campus, P.O. – Mahdewa Road, P.S. & District – Siwan, the retired Junior Engineer, Minor Irrigation Division, Sitamarhi. . ----------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Chief Engineer (North), Minor Water Resources Department, Muzaffarpur. 4. The Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation Department, Minor Irrigation Division, Sitamarhi. 5. The Assistant Engineer, Minor Irrigation Sub-Division West, Sitamarhi. 6. The Treasury Officer, Sitamarhi, District – Sitamarhi. -------- Respondents ----------- 2 20.07.2011 Heard Sri Pushpendra Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Prabhat Kumar, learned AC to GA No. 2. In the present case, the petitioner has made a limited prayer for directing the respondents particularly respondent no. 6/Treasury Officer, Sitamarhi, to take steps on the basis of authorization issued by the Accountant General, Bihar, Patna, in respect of pension, gratuity and commutation of pension vide Annexure -5 series to the writ petition and also make immediate payment. Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn my attention to Annexure – 5 series to the writ petition whereby authorization in respect of pension, gratuity and commuted value of pension was made on 19.07.2010. The petitioner in paragraph no. 17 of the writ petition has made specific assertion that after authorization he contacted 2 respondent no. 6, but till date, no step has been taken by respondent no. 6 for transmitting the amount authorized by the Accountant General, Bihar, Patna to the Account of the petitioner. In view of the fact that authorization was issued long back in the month of July, 2010 and payment has not been made till date, it is apt to allow the writ petition at this stage. Accordingly, the writ petition stands allowed directing the respondent no. 6/Treasury Officer, Sitamarhi to take immediate step for transmitting the sanctioned amount to the Account of the petitioner within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. It is further made clear that petitioner shall be entitled to get interest on the amount authorized by the Accountant General, Bihar, Patna and received in the office of Treasury Officer, Sitamarhi. Interest is to be paid to the petitioner on authorized amount from the date of receiving of authorization i.e. Annexure – 5 series in the office of Treasury Officer, Sitamarhi till the date of payment. The interest on the amount authorized shall be charged as per the rate applicable on the saving bank account (SB A/c) of a nationalized bank. The interest amount shall be recovered from the pocket of respondent no. 6/Treasury Officer, Sitamarhi. The writ petition stands allowed. Praful ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)