IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8351 of 2008 Sarjug Bhagat, Son of Suba Lal Bhagat, resident of Mohalla- Shivpuri, Hakpara, Ward No.14, Post Office and Police Station- Saharsa, District-Saharsa ----------------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The District Magistrate, Saharsa 3. The Civil Surgeon-cum- Chief Medical Officer, Saharsa 4. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna -------------------- Respondents. ---------------------------------- 04 21-10-2011 Heard Sri Binod Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri K.C. Jha, learned A.C. to Standing Counsel no.4 appearing on behalf of Respondent nos.1 to 3/ State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of Respondent no.4/ Accountant General, Bihar,Patna. The present writ petition was filed in the year 2008 with a prayer to direct the Respondents to make payment of arrear of revised pay scale, arrear of difference of salary, revised pension, gratuity and other retiral dues. In this case, in the year 2008 a counter affidavit was filed on behalf of Respondent no.3/ Civil Surgeon-cum- Chief Medical Officer, Saharsa. It has been submitted by learned counsel for the State that during the pendency of the present writ petition, almost all the retiral dues of the petitioner have already been paid. Only revision of pension and gratuity could not be paid due to some unavoidable circumstances. In paragraph-6 of the counter affidavit of Respondent no.3, it has been stated that sanction order for revision of pension and gratuity was being sent to the Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. Today on instruction, Sri Jha, learned counsel 2 appearing on behalf of the State informs the Court that recently vide letter no.1057 dated 19.10.2011 , the Respondent no.4 / Accountant General, Bihar has already sent sanction order along with service book of the petitioner for revision of pension and gratuity of the petitioner. Learned counsel for the State has produced a photo copy of the sanction order, which has been communicated to the Accountant General , Bihar, Patna in presence of learned counsel for the petitioner, and has handed over a copy of the same to learned counsel for the Accountant General, Bihar, Patna In view of the facts and circumstances, particularly the fact that sanction order has already been sent to the Accountant General, Bihar for revision of gratuity and all other retiral dues have already been paid , the Court is of the opinion that no purpose would be served in keeping the matter pending. In view of the fact that sanction order for revision of pension and gratuity has already been issued by the Respondent no.3 and sent to the Accountant General, Bihar, Patna, the Court expects that Respondent no.4/ Accountant General, Bihar, Patna will issue authorization within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Thereafter, all concerned are directed to transmit the amount as per authorization to the account of the petitioner within four weeks. With above observation and direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)