IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.384 of 2008 MANGAL SINGH YADAVA, son of Late Maladeo Singh, resident of Neel Kothi, Garahi, Dehri-on-Sone, District Rohtas --Petitioner Versus 1. THE BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD through its Chairman, Bailey Road, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna. 2. Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 3. Joint Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Distt. Patna. 4. General Manager cum Chief Engineer, Magadh Electrical Supply Area Board Circle, Karimganj Road, Gaya. 5. Electrical Superintending Engineer, Rohtas Electrical Circle, Sasaram. 6. Electrical Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Dehri-on-Sone, District Rohtas. ---Respondents ----------- 2. 22.3.2010 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the respondent-Board. The grievance of the petitioner is that upon his superannuation on 30th of June, 2002 from the post of Junior Electrical Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Dehri-on- Sone, he is being paid 90% of the pension and no gratuity has been paid as also the leave encashment. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that as stated in letter no.162 dated 30th of September, 2007, as contained in Annexure 1, the petitioner is not being paid the aforesaid dues on account of pendency of the case in the Vigilance court as reiterated in paragraph 3 of the counter affidavit. Learned counsel submits that in no circumstances, entire gratuity can be withheld. Learned counsel for the respondent-Board submits that 2 the matter shall be looked into. In the above circumstances, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for expeditious disposal of the aforesaid grievances, the petitioner proposes to file a representation before the Joint Secretary of the Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna (respondent no.3). In case such a representation is filed stating the details of his grievances as also enclosing the copy of the relevant documents, if any, in support of such claims along with the certified copy of the present order within a period of six weeks, respondent no.3 shall consider the grievances of the petitioner as raised in his representation and dispose it of in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months on receipt of such representation, so that the grievances of the petitioner raised in his representation could be redressed without further delay and the admitted dues, if any, could also be paid with statutory interest, if any. The writ application stands disposed of with the above observations/directions. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)