IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.20627 of 2011 Nand Kishore Prasad Singh, S/o Late Chhotu Prasad Singh, R/o Village Chichaura, P.S. Konch, District Gaya and presently residing at Amhara House, Road No. 5, New Colony, Mohalla- Kharkhura, P.S. Delha, Town and District Gaya… …… …….. Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar, through the Principal Secretary, Water Resource Department, Sichai Bhawan, Bailey Road, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Deputy Secretary, Water Resource Department, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Superintending Engineer, North Koel Canal Circle, Aurangabad. 4. The Executive Engineer, North Koel Canal Division, Nabinagar, Aurangabad. 5. The Superintending Engineer, Waterways Circle, Bhabhua, Kaimur. 6. The Directorate of Provident Fund, Pant Bhawan, Bihar, Patna. 7. The District Provident Fund Officer, (D.P.F.O.), Rohtas, Sasaram. 8. The District Provident Fund Officer (D.P.F.O.), Aurangabad. 9. The Accountant General, Beer Chand Patel Path, Bihar, Patna. 10. The Treasury Officer, Aurangabad. ……… Respondents ---------------------------------- 2 24.11.2011 Heard Sri Dhrub Mukherjee, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, Sri Rajesh Singh, learned Government Pleader No. 16, appearing on behalf of Respondent No. 1 to 8 & 10/State of Bihar. The petitioner, who retired on 31st January, 2011, as ‘Assistant Engineer’ from North Koel Canal Division, Nabinagar, Aurangabad, has prayed for directing the Respondents to pay all his retiral dues. It was submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that though the petitioner retired in the month of January, 2011, only amount under the head of G.S.S. has been paid and other retiral dues have not been cleared. Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn my attention to ‘Annexure -3’ to the writ petition and submits that even the competent authority had already issued ‘No Dues Certificate’. 2 There was no proceeding either criminal or departmental pending against the petitioner at the time of retirement. In view of the fact that the petitioner retired in the month of January, 2011 and till date nothing has been paid, the court is of the opinion that writ petition can be allowed at this stage with a direction to Respondents to take all steps for clearing 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. The Respondent-State authority is directed to take all steps for issuance of sanction order regarding pension, gratuity and commutation within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Thereafter, Respondent No. 9 /Accountant General, Bihar, Patna, is required to issue authorization within four weeks. It is further directed that after issuance of authorization by the Accountant General, the Respondent/State including Respondent No. 10/Treasury Officer, Aurangabad, shall take all steps so that retiral dues as per authorization may be credited to the account of the petitioner without any delay. The writ petition stands allowed. Praful ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)