IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.6701 of 2005 Prabhu Narayan Singh, Son of Late Shivan Singh, resident of village- Khaira, P.S.- Haweli Kharagpur, District- Munger, Ex-Assistant Teacher, Primary School, Darhi Anchal Khagaria, District-Khagaria. ..............Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar, through the Secretary, Primary Education, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The District Superintendent of Education, Khagaria. 3. The Treasury Officer, Khagaria. 4. The District Provident Fund Officer, Khagaria. 5. The Accountant General (A & E) II, Bihar, Patna. ................Respondents. ----------- 3. 16.3.2009 Petitioner moved this High Court earlier aggrieved by non-payment of his retiral dues. On the intervention of the court all the retiral dues stood paid sometime in the year, 2003. The petitioner is back again before this court in the present writ application claiming that he is entitled to payment of interests on the delayed retiral dues and in this regard, certain circular of State Government as well as a recent decision rendered in the case of S.K. Dua Vs. State of Haryana & Another reported in AIR 2008 Supreme Court 1077 have been referred. The court does not express any opinion on the claim for payment of interest, but would like to leave the matter open for the petitioner to file a proper petition before the competent authority, who shall examine as to the fact - 2 - whether the delay in payment of retiral dues is in any matter attributable to the respondents and whether the petitioner is entitled to payment of interest under all heads (non- statutory). When the petitioner files such petition, the competent authority will examine the matter and communicate its decision to the petitioner within a period of six months from the date of filing of such petition by the petitioner. The writ application stands disposed of with the above liberty. DKS/ (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)