IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16595 of 2007 Dr. Nand Kishore Singh, son of late Kishundeo Singh, resident of Gokul Path, North Patel Nagar, P.S. L.B.S. Nagar, Dist. Patna-24. --------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar through Secretary, Higher Education, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Vice Chancellor, B.R.A. University, Muzaffarpur. 3. The Finance Officer, B.R.A. University, Muzaffarpur. 4. The Registrar, B.R.A. University, Muzaffarpur. -------- Respondents ---------------- 3 22.12.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application is for payment of remaining retiral dues. The items of such retirement dues as explained in paragraph no.1 reading as follows:- “1. That, by this writ application, the petitioner seeks to invoke the extra ordinary writ jurisdiction, for issuance of an appropriate writ/or writs, direction/or directions order/or orders, in the nature of mandamus commanding/ directing the Respondents to pay his remaining retiral dues with the statutory as well as penal interest at the rate of 15% per annum, which is payable to the petitioner under different heads are as follows:- 1. Salary difference from : 1.1.86 to 31.7.89 :46,569.40 2. Dearness allowance from: 1.7.90 to 30.6.91 : 4,707.00 3. Dearness allowance from: 1.7.91 to 31.10.92: 13,278.00 4. Interim Relief from : 1.6.83 to 31.3.86 : 2,606.00 5. Deferred D.A. : 1985-86 : 5,381.00 : 1986-87 : 7,683.00 : 1987-88 : 6,822.00 : 1988-89 : 6,051.00 : 1989-90 : 3,735.00 Total Rs. 96,832.40 + 15% interest per annum” cannot be said to be retirement dues only because these amounts were not paid to the petitioner till the date of his retirement. These are the dues of salary and emoluments and, therefore, this Court can only give liberty to the petitioner to approach the Registrar of 2 the University, who will verify as to whether the amount claimed by the petitioner in paragraph no.1 of the writ application has been paid to him as yet or not and if they have not been paid to the petitioner, the Registrar of the University will ensure payment of admitted amount under the head of dearness allowance or difference of salary or deferred D.A. for the period, in question within the time limit of six months. With the aforementioned observations and liberty, this application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)