Petitioner C. S. Dhurve, aged 65 yéars, s/o Fagu Singh Dhurve, R/o Malajkhand Mohalla Chaitola Tahsil Bahir, Disit. Balaghat, Present resident on rent Kala Badi Chowk Baba Atta Chakki, Durg, TahSil 85 Dist. Durg (C.G.) 3. 4‘ -Versus- The State of Chhattiegarh, through the Secretaly, Forest Department, C.G. Durg. The State Govt. of M.P. Through the Secretauy, Forest Department, Valiabh Bhawau, Bhopal, MP, Chief Conservator of Forest, Chhattisgarh, Raipur. Accountant General, Chhattisgarh State, Raipur C.G. ' Respoa&ents 1. (Writ Petition under Articles 226/ 227 of the Constitution of India) Singie Bench : Hon’ble Shri Satish K. Agnihotri, J. Shri Somkant Verma, Advocate for the. petitioner. Shri Shashank Thakur, Panel Lawyer for the respondents No. l, 3 Ms Sharmila Singhai, Assistant Solicitor General for the respondent No. 4. % and 4. (Passed on this 17th day of June, 2009) This case pertains to gn'evanoe of non-grant of retirgl dues/pension. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, on instructions, submits that the matter may be referred to the. pension committee. This Court, in the matter of W.P.No.4642/ 2004 (Baijnath Mandal Vs. The State of Chhattisgarh & others) and. other connected matters, directed the Committee to consider the matter of retired dues as the disputed question of facts were involved. The Committee was constituted by the State Government, pursuant to the cider dated 19.06.2006 passed in W.P..No.1961/2006 (Smt. Keja Bai Chandrakar Vs. State Government of Chhattisgarh and others), and order dated 13.8.2008 passed in M.C.C. No. 105 ORDER M HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH: BILASPUR Writ MM Petition No. 5013 of 2005 “‘3 of 2008 (State of Chhattisgarh and others. Vs. Baijnath Mandal and another). Thus, this petition is squarely covered by the judgment and order dated 313‘ January, 2008 passed in W.P.No. 4642/2004 (Baijnath Mandel (supra) as submitted by learned counsel appearing for the parties. This petition is accordingly dispoSed of in the same terms i.e., the omce of the Advocate General is directed to send the case to the Committee, within a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order as well a‘s a copy of the petition from the petitioner. Thereafter, the Committee shall issue notice to the petitioner and officers concerned Within a further period of 15 days. The Committee shall consider and pass order, in accordance with law, after ajfording proper opportunity of hearing to the petitioner. The petitioner and the officers concerned may tile additional documents, if necessary. The entire exercise, including payment of retiral dues, if any, to the petitioner, be completed within a period of four months fmm the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The petitioner shall supply one complete set of the petition to the State counsel for transferring the same to the Committee. 6. In case of grievance with regard to non—payment of pensionaxy dues, it is not necessary to file a writ petition before this Court directly. The representation] application can be moved before the Pension Committee, as stated above. The Pension Committee shall not refuse to entertain the representation1application, if so hled directly. \K ,_ _, Sdl- r Satish K. Agnihotri Judge on \ Thakur