IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE No.15506 of 2007 Ganga Nand Kumar, Son of Late Ram Nandan Kumar, resident of Village-Berua, Police Station- Saraiyan, District-Muzaffarpur ---------------------------Petitioner Versus 1. The Bihar State Electricity Board through its Secretary, Govt. of Bihar,Patna 2. The Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road,Patna 3. The Chief Engineer, Tirhut Electric Supply Region, Muzaffarpur 4. The Executive Engineer, Town Supply Division,Bihar State Electricity Board, Maripur, District-Muzaffarpur 5. The Deputy Director of Accounts, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna 6. The Accounts Officer, Tirhut Electric Supply Area, Maripur, District-Muzaffarpur ------------------------ Respondents. ---------------------------------- 02 02-08-2011 Heard Sri Ashok Kumar Singh, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner and Sri Vijay Kumar Verma, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Respondents/ Bihar State Electricity Board. The writ petition was initially filed with a prayer to direct the Respondents to pay all the retiral dues. Learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner at the time of hearing informed the Court that during the pendency of the present writ petition all the retiral dues have already been paid, but payment was made at belated stage. It was submitted that on delayed payment of retiral dues, the petitioner is entitled to claim interest. The Court is also of the opinion that on delayed payment of retiral dues, the petitioner is entitled to get statutory admissible interest. In absence of any specific pleading so far as claim of interest is concerned, it is difficult for this Court to record any definite finding. The writ petition stands disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to file a detailed representation along with calculation chart 2 claiming interest on delayed payment before Respondent no.3/ Chief Engineer, Tirhut Electric Supply Regional, Muzaffarpur within a period of six weeks from today . If such representation is filed by the petitioner, Respondent no.3 is required to examine the same and pass appropriate order in accordance with law. If Respondent no.3 considers the claim of the petitioner as genuine, he is required to pass order for payment within a period of three months from the date of filing of such representation. In case of refusal, Respondent no.3 is required to pass speaking order and communicate the same to the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of filing of such representation. With above observation and direction, the writ petition stands disposed of NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J. )