IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.20888 of 2011 Ram Sewak Das, Son of Late Saryug Das, Resident of village Lakshmipur, P.S. Khutauna, District Madhubani at present residing at the address C/O Sri Yogendra Das, village Batlohiya, P.O. Lohat, Madhubani. ... ... Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Principal Secretary, Water Resources Deptt., Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4. The District Magistrate,Supaul. 5. The Executive Engineer, Irrigation Division Virpur, Supaul. 6. The Treasury Officer, Supaul. 7. The Treasury Officer, Madhubani. 8. The Accountant General, Bihar. ... ... Respondents. ---------------------------------- 2. 28.11.2011. Heard Shri Bajrangi Lal, who was assisted by Shri Gagan Deo Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Sanjay Mandal, learned A.C. to S.C.27 appearing on behalf of respondent nos.1 to 7. None appeared on behalf of respondent no.8/Accountant General. The petitioner, who retired on 28.2.2009 as Work Sarkar from the office of respondent no.5/the Executive Engineer, Irrigation Division, Virpur, Supaul, has prayed for directing the respondents to pay pension, arrear of pension, gratuity and commuted value of pension in the light of authorization issued by the Accountant General. 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn my attention to Annexure-1 series to the writ petition. It was submitted that authorization, after receipt of sanction order from the State authority, was issued by the office of respondent no.8/Accountant General in respect of pension, DCR, gratuity and commuted value of pension some time in the month of December,2009. Even after issuance of authorization on one plea or the other, respondent State authority is delaying payment of retiral dues as per authorization of the Accountant General. It was submitted that the respondent no.5/Executive Engineer and respondent no.7/Treasury Officer, Madhubani are not taking any step to clear the dues. In view of the facts and circumstances, particularly authorization issued by the Accountant General, which was issued in the year 2009, the court is of the opinion that writ petition can be allowed at this stage itself. Accordingly, the writ petition stands allowed with a direction to respondent nos.5 and 7 to take all steps to 3 make payment of pension, arrear of pension, gratuity and commuted value of pension in favour of the petitioner within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. With above observation and direction, the writ petition stands allowed. N.H./ ( Rakesh Kumar,J.)