IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2173 of 2006 MAITHILI SHARAN VERMA Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 03/ 17-02-2010 Dr. M.P. Shukla for the petitioner and Mr. Pankaj Kumar Sinha, learned assisting counsel to S.C. 3 are present. The petitioner challenged the order contained in letter no. 184-2 dated 30.04.2005 whereby the respondents proceeded to recover an amount of Rs. 1,52,978/- from the retiral benefits admissible to the petitioner on grounds that the said amount remained pending by way of advance to the petitioner and for which he had not submitted any detail. Dr. M.P. Shukla, appearing for the petitioner, submits that since after the issuance of the said order the respondents have released the entire retiral dues of the petitioner and who is also drawing his monthly pension on regular basis. He, however, submits that the respondents nevertheless are continuing with their process of harassing the petitioner and refers to the letter dated 4.7.2007 (Annexure-14) and letter dated 27.8.2007 (Annexure-B) of the Block Development Officer, Simiri Bakhtiyarpur. Learned counsel thus submits that the petitioner is still under a threat of the said recovery. Having regard to the circumstances, that despite the position existing at Annexure-1, the retiral benefits of the petitioner has been released by the respondents, nothing survives in this writ petition and the same is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to challenge the - 2 - action of the respondents if they proceed to pass any order for recovery, thus adversely effecting his drawal of regular pension. The writ petition stands disposed of. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, J.)