IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14019 of 2010 Bachchu Prasad aged about 64 years, Son of late Dashrath Mahto, resident of N/26, Tilak Nagar, Kankarbagh, Police Station Patrakar Nagar, District Patna Versus 1. The Bihar State Housing Board through the Chairman and Managing Director, 6 Mangles Road, Police Station Sachivalaya, District Patna 2. The Secretary, Bihar State Housing Board, 6 Mangles Road, Police Station Sachivalaya, District Patna ----------- 02/ 27.08.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the Bihar State Housing Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board). 2. Petitioner superannuated while serving as Upper Division Clerk in the Board with effect from 30.6.2004. He has filed the writ application for a direction to the authorities of the Board to consider his case for grant of monetary benefit in the light of the A.C.P. grant with effect from 9.8.1999 for which purpose Executive Engineer of the Board under letter no. 1124 dated 4.8.2008 called for the service book and other records from the Secretary of the Board. 3. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that in spite of passage of more than six years of his retirement, 2 Monetary benefit in the light of A.C.P. grant has not yet been paid to him. For such payment, petitioner has also made several representations dated 20.9.2008, 5.5.2009 and 21.1.2010, as contained in Annexure-7 series. 4. Let the competent authority in the Board consider the representation of the petitioner for payment of A.C.P. benefit in the light of the resolution of the Board and pass appropriate reasoned order within a reasonable time, in any case within two months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order before the competent authority. In case petitioner is found admissible for grant of A.C.P. benefit by the competent authority monetary benefit thereof be also paid to the petitioner within the same time. 5. The writ application is, accordingly, disposed of. Arjun/ ( V. N. Sinha, J.)