IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5728 of 2007 Manindra Nath Pandey, Son of Late Hardwar Pandey, resident of Village- Chera nawa, P.O. Belour, P.S. Gutani, District-Siwan -------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar , through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Old Secretariat,Patna 2. The Secretary, Road Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Bailey Road,Patna 3. The Engineer-in-Chief –cum- Additional Secretary, Department of Road Construction, Bailey Road,Patna 4. The Deputy Secretary, Road Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 5. The Executive Engineer, N.H.Division, Madhepura, District-Madhepura 6. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna 7. The Treasury Officer, Madhepura 8. The District Provident Fund Officer, Madhepura ---------------------- Respondents. ----------- 03 11-05-2011 Heard Sri Din Bandhu Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of Respondent no.6/ Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. None has appeared on behalf of Respondent nos.1 to 5, 7 and 8 / State nor in this case any counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of either of the Respondents, whereas the writ petition was filed on 1.5.2007. The petitioner, who retired on 30.4.2003 as Assistant Engineer from the Office of the Engineer-in-Chief , Road Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna, has prayed for directing the Respondents for release of full pension and also for payment of due salary for the period from December,1995 to December,1999 ( except salary for the month of September,1998). The petitioner has also prayed for admissible statutory interest on G.P.F. amount. In absence of any counter affidavit as well as the fact that the petitioner retired long back in the year 2003 and still he is getting 2 provisional pension i.e. 90 % of the pension till date, it is desirable to direct Respondent no.2 i.e. the Secretary, Road Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna to take all steps for sanctioning full pension to the petitioner within a period of two months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Respondent no.2 is further directed to pass order for clearing difference of pension amount within the aforesaid time. After receipt of the sanction from the State authority, Respondent no.6/ Accountant General, Bihar, Patna is required to issue authorization within one month from the date of receipt of such sanction. Regarding other claim, the petitioner is granted liberty to file representation before Respondent no.2 within a period of six weeks from today. If such representation is filed by the petitioner, Respondent no.2 is required to examine the same and pass appropriate order in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date of filing of such representation. Even in case of refusal, Respondent no.2 is required to pass speaking order within the aforesaid time. With above observation and direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J. )