IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1112 of 2008 ARTI DEVI @ ARTI DHAR, wife of Late Kishori Prasad, resident of Mohalla-Basawan Path, Opposite Delight Cinema, Dalmianagar, P.O. Dalmianagar, Police Station Dehri-On-Sone, District Rohtas at Sasaram. ---Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. The Secretary, Co-operative Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Bihar, Patna. 4. The District Co-operative Officer, Aurangabad. 5. The Accountant General of Bihar, Bir Chand Patel Path, Patna. 6. The Treasury Officer, Rohtas at Sasaram. 7. Vijay Kumar Pandey, son of Late Kishori Prasad, resident of Mohalla-Basawan Path, Opposite Delight Cinema, Dalmianagar, P.O. Dalmianagar, P.S. Dehri-On-Sone, District Rohtas at Sasaram. ---Respondents ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr Shyma Prasad Mukherjee, Sr. Advocate with Mr Shanti Pratap, Advocate For the State : Mr Ashok Kumar Mishra, S.C. 16. -------------- 2. 6.5.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the respondent-State. The claim of the petitioner is that she is the second wife of the deceased employee, namely, Late Kishori Prasad, who died in harness on 1.5.2003 while working on the post of Block Co- operative Extension Officer. The petitioner claims to have married to the deceased employee during the lifetime of the first wife. The petitioner, however, claims that her children are entitled to have due share in the retiral dues of the deceased employee along with the heirs of first wife, who is no more now. 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the aforesaid grievances of the petitioner shall be considered as per law. In the above circumstances, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for redressal of the grievances with regard to the payment of death-cum-retiral dues of the deceased employee, the children of the petitioner as also the children of the first wife propose to make a joint request for payment of the unpaid retiral dues before the District Co-operative Officer, Aurangabad (respondent no.4), with a copy to the Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Bihar, Patna (respondent no.3). In case such a joint request by way of representation is filed within a period of six week enclosing the copy of the relevant documents, if any, in support of such claims along with the certified copy of the present order, the grievances of the petitioner as raised in the representation may be considered in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months on receipt of such representation, so that the grievances may be settled and the admitted dues, if any, may also be paid as per the extant instructions of the State government. The writ application stands disposed of with the above observations/directions. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)