IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14118 of 2011 Dr. Gautam Prasad, Son of Late Triveni Prasad, resident of At and P.O. – Singhia, P.S. – Ramnagar Sofia Sarai, District – Munger……Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Principal Secretary Animal and Husbandary Deptt. Patna. 2. The Director, Animal and Husbandary Deptt. Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Under Secretary, Animal and Husbandary Deptt. Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Regional Director, Bhagalpur Range Bhagalpur Animal Husbandary Deptt., Bihar, Patna. 5. The District Animal and Husbandary Officer, Khagaria. 6. The District Provident Fund Officer, Khagaria. 7. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. …………… Respondents ---------------------------------- 2 26/8/2011 Heard Sri Bijay Kumar Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner, Smt. Kumari Amrita, learned Government Pleader No. 10, who appears on behalf of Respondent Nos. 1 to 6/State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of Respondent No. 7/Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. The petitioner, who retired as ‘District Animal Husbandary Officer’, Khagaria on 31/1/2011, has prayed for directing the respondents to pay all his retiral dues. It was submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that after retirement only amount under the head of Group Insurance Scheme has been paid, otherwise, nothing has been paid. He submits that the respondents have not even started to pay pension to the petitioner. It was further submitted that the service career of the petitioner was clean and there was no proceeding pending against him at the time of retirement. In view of the fact that petitioner retired in the month of 2 January, 2011 as well as letter no. 100 dated 31/1/2011 sent by the District Animal Husbandary Officer, Khagaria to the Deputy Secretary, Animal Husbandary Department, Bihar, recommending for clearing the retiral dues of the petitioner, the court is of the opinion that writ petition can be disposed of at this stage directing the respondents to take all steps to clear all the retiral dues of the petitioner within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Immediately after receipt of sanction order from the State authority, the Respondent No. 7/Accountant General, Bihar, Patna, is required to issue authorization within a period of four weeks. The Respondent No. 6/District Provident Fund Officer, Khagaria, is directed to pay the amount of GPF within eight weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. With above observation and direction the writ petition stands disposed of. It goes without saying that petitioner shall be entitled to get admissible statutory interest. This order will be applicable in case there is no departmental proceeding or criminal proceeding pending against the petitioner. Praful ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)