IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2100 of 2006 SUNITA DEVI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 02/ 16-02-2010 Mr. Binod Murari Mishra for the petitioner, Mr. Dineshwar Tiwary, learned counsel representing the Bihar State Industrial Development Corporation, Indira Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna and Mr. Girijesh Kumar, learned assisting counsel to A.A.G. 3 for the State are present. The petitioner is the widow of Late Shambhu Nath Som who died in harness on 1.11.2003 while in the service of the respondent corporation. It is submitted that nothing has been received by the petitioner despite a lapse of more than six years since the death of her husband. It is further submitted that the respondents are under obligation to forthwith clear the pension and other pensionary entitlements of her Late husband and any other due to which he was entitled specially in the circumstances that it is a case of dying in harness as back as on 1.11.2003. The writ petition has remained pending since 2006 and the counter affidavit is not on record nor the learned counsel for the Corporation is in a position to inform this Court as regarding the status of the matter. In that view of the matter, no purpose would be served in keeping the writ petition pending and the same is disposed of with a direction to the respondent no. 2, General Manager, Bihar Industrial - 2 - Development Corporation, Indira Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna to make payment of the entire post retiral and any other dues admissible to the Late husband of the petitioner within a period of six months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. S.Sb/- (Jyoti Saran, J.)