IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.736 of 2009 SUO MOTU CONTEMPT AGAINST VICE CHANCELLOR & REGISTRAR, L.N. MITHILA UNIVERSITY ------- 4. 25/06/2010 Father of the petitioner, a retired Professor of English, died on 11.11.2006. Petitioner has filed the connected writ application (C.W.J.C.No.13491 of 2007) for a direction to the respondent University to pay the arrears of pension with dearness allowances which was not paid to his father since 01.01.1996 to 11.11.2006 with penal interest and cost. This Court, in a batch of cases, including the connected writ application, passed a detailed order on 12.9.2008 giving certain directions to the respondent University for payment of dues of the petitioners. The order dated 12.9.2008 and subsequent common orders passed in the batch of cases have been referred to in the order passed in M.J.C.No.566 of 2009. After this contempt proceeding was initiated, a show cause has been filed on behalf of the Vice-Chancellor and Registrar of the University on 09.02.2010 stating that - 2 - the entire dues payable to the petitioner has been paid to him and the said fact has been brought on record by way of supplementary counter affidavit filed on 11.01.2010 in the writ application itself. This shows that there has been some compliance of orders of this Court although not in true letter and spirit. However, since petitioner has not filed any reply to the show cause and has not disputed the calculation made therein, this Court does not find it appropriate to hold the contemnors guilty in this case. Therefore, this contempt proceeding is dropped and the contempt matter is disposed of. Pradeep/ (J. N. Singh, J.)