IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13804 of 2005 DWARIKA PRASAD SINGH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 4 12.05.2010 Heard Mr. Vinod Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Praveen Kumar Verma, learned A.C. to S.C.10 for the State. The petitioner was appointed on the post of Assistant Teacher on 1.11.1947. The petitioner obtained promotion and superannuated while holding the post of Headmaster at Primary School, Sat Bhaiya Harizan Tola under Bakhtiarpur Anchal in the district of Patna with effect from 30.9.1983. Although the petitioner has set out two grievances in the writ petition regarding the non payment of differential salary for the period 1.1.1971 to 31.3.1973 deposited in the G.P.F. account and regarding non payment of the arrears of time bound promotion but taking into consideration that the petitioner superannuated as far back as on 30.9.1983 and has raised the issue of non grant of the benefits of time bound promotion after a lapse of almost 22 years through present writ petition, this Court would not 2 enter into the said issue and the prayer to that extent is rejected. Nonetheless the petitioner definitely would be entitled for payment of the differential salary amount for the period 1.1.1971 to 31.3.1973 which was deposited in the G.P.F. account and which has also been admitted by the District Superintendent of Education, Patna, as is evident from the orders dated 23.2.2000 (Annexure-1) and order dated 12.9.2003 (Annexure-3) whereby the sanction has been accorded. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that despite the aforesaid orders, the amounts have not yet been disbursed. Having regard to the circumstances, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.3, the District Superintendent of Education, Patna to ensure the payment of the differential amount of salary of the petitioner deducted for the period 1.1.1971 to 31.3.1973 and deposited in the G.P.F. account together with interest calculated as per the interest admissible on the G.P.F. account with effect from 9.2.1973 until the date of its respective payment in 3 terms of the judgment passed by this Court in the case of Paras Nath Singh reported in 2003 (3) PLJR 57, copy whereof has been annexed as Annexure-4 to the writ petition. The exercise shall be completed within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of copy of this order. Bibhash ( Jyoti Saran, J.)