WP(C) 4654/2010 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MRS JUSTICE ANIMA HAZARIKA Heard Mr. M Singh, learned Senior counsel, assisted by Mr. I Uddin, Advo cate, appearing for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. BN Gogoi, learned State couns el for the State respondents. Considering the grievance raised and as agreed to by the learned counsel appearing for the parties, this writ petition is being disposed of at the admis sion stage itself. The petitioner had served as Assistant Project Officer (Monitoring) in t he Office of the District Rural Development Agency, Silchar, under the Panchayat and Rural Development Department, Govt. of Assam, retired on attaining the age of superannuation on 30.10.2002. The instant writ petition has been filed prayin g for a direction to the respondents to pay the arrear salary due to him for the period from December, 2000 to October, 2002 approximately amounting to ‘3,59.63 6/-. It is the case of the petitioner that due to delay in the final fixation of his salary, the Office of the Accountant General could not issue pay slip in favour of the petitioner for a longtime. Only on 14.12.2005, the Office of the Accountant General (A&E), Assam intimated the monthly rate of his pay and allowa nces during the period 26.10.1998 to 01.11.2002 vide communication dated 14.02.2 005 (Annexure 2 to the writ petition). However, the monthly salary were released in installments without following monthly basis which created financial crisis to the petitioner, that too, the petitioner had been paid salary only upto 30.11 .2000 and thereby an amount of ‘3,59.636/- remains to be paid till date inspite of repeated requests. Hence the instant writ petition with the aforesaid prayer. Mr. Gogoi, learned State counsel has submitted on the basis of the writt en instruction received by him vide communication dated 15.03.2011 that the Gove rnment has decided to issue sanction of leave salary of 300 days within one mont h. The learned State counsel has fairly submitted that inspite of his best effor t he could not obtain instruction as to when the authority is going to pay the a rrear salary to the petitioner as prayed for. On the other hand, the specific case of the petitioner is that due to no n-receipt of salary for the period from December, 2000 to October, 2002, a plead ers notice was also served upon the project Director, DRDA, Cachar by the petiti oner vide notice under Section 80 CPC dated 24.12.2009, which was received by th e authority on 24.12.2009 itself, but till date his grievance has not been redre ssed. The petitioner, therefore, had to approach this Court by filing the instan t writ petition. The learned counsel for the petitioner has further submitted that the pe titioner is entitled to interest on the aforesaid amount for delayed payment. Considering the matter in its entirety and for the ends of justice, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.4 to take up the case of the petitioner and do the needful for releasing the salary of the petit ioner due for the period from December, 2000 to October, 2002 approximately amou nting to ‘3,59.636/-, keeping in mind the fact that the petitioner has retired f rom service on 30.10.2002 and after 9(nine) years of retirement till date, the p etitioner has not received the above dues for which he is legally entitled to. The respondent No.4 would expedite the matter and release the arrear sal ary of the petitioner due for the period from December, 2000 to October, 2002 or the salary which he is legally entitled to within a period of 4(four) months fr om today. It is, however, made clear that if the amount is not paid within the a foresaid period of four months, the petitioner will be entitled to get an intere st of 6% on the amount from due date till payment is made. With the above directions, this writ petition is disposed of. No costs.