IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.6224 of 2005 SHARDA NAND MALI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 3 24.2.2009 Heard learned counsel for the parties. Petitioner is a retired Road Roller Fireman. Since he was not getting his post retiral dues he has filed the present writ application. A counter affidavit thereafter has come to be filed on behalf of respondent nos. 3 and 4. The details of the payment made to the petitioner has been indicated in Annexure-R/A to the counter affidavit. Petitioner does not deny the position but he has stated that he is entitled to bonus. The stand of the respondents is that due to bad financial position of the Zila Parishad no employee has been paid bonus for the period 1987-88 to 1996-97 and to that extent no discrimination has been made to the petitioner. This Court does not express any opinion on the stand of the respondents except that since they have not denied the claim of the petitioner with regard to bonus for the aforesaid period, the petitioner is at liberty to submit his claim before the authority and the authority shall take an appropriate step and decide the issue at the earliest. This writ application stands disposed of with the above liberty. RPS (Ajay Kumar Tripathi,J.)