IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.20901 of 2011 Jagat Narayan Singh, son of late Ram Bilash Singh, resident of Village Hasanpur, P.O. Hasanpur, Gurda, Police Station Mahnar, District Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Director, Secondary Education, New Secretariat Building, Patna. 3. The Regional Deputy Director of Education, Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur. 4. The District Education Officer, Vaishlai at Hajipur. 5. The accountant General (A & E), Bihar, Patna. 6. The Accounts Officer, Bihar, Patna, Office of the Accountant General (A & E), Bihar, Patna. 7. The Headmaster, Bindeshwar Prasad Singh, Adarsh Uch Vidyalaya, Hasanpur, Vaishali at Hajipur. ... ... Respondents. ---------------------------------- 2. 28.11.2011. Heard Shri Abhay Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Shashi Shekhar, learned A.C. to S.C.9, who appears on behalf of respondent nos.1 to 4 and Shri K.N. Chaubey, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent nos.5 and 6/Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. Shri Abhay Kumar Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner makes a prayer to allow the petitioner to confine the writ petition to the extent of payment of retiral dues. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in respect of prayer for quashing of Annexure-2 whereby salary of the petitioner has been reduced, the petitioner may be 2 granted liberty to file a separate petition. Prayer is allowed. The petitioner, if so advised, may file separate writ petition in the matter relating to reduction of salary of the petitioner. The petitioner, who retired as Incharge Headmaster from Bindeshwar Prasad Singh Adarsh Uch Vidyalaya, Hasanpur, Vaishali at Hazipur with effect from 31.5.2009, has prayed for directing the respondents to pay his pension and gratuity. It was submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that other retiral dues have already been paid, but without rhyme and reason the respondents are sitting tight over the matter regarding settlement of his pension as well as payment of gratuity. Learned counsel for the petitioner orally submits that on the date of retirement against the petitioner, there was no proceeding either criminal or departmental and even then the respondents have not taken step to make payment of pension and gratuity. In view of the facts and 3 circumstances, the writ petition stands allowed with a direction to respondent nos.2 and 4 to take immediate steps so that sanction order in respect of pension, arrear of pension and gratuity must be issued by the State authority within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Thereafter, respondent no.5/Accountant General is required to issue authorization within four weeks. After issuance of authorization by the Accountant General all the concerned are directed to take steps so that retiral dues as per authorization of the Accountant General may be paid to the petitioner without any delay. With above observation and direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. N.H./ ( Rakesh Kumar,J.)