IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15565 of 2010 ABDUL BARI SIDDIQUI, son of Late Abdul Ghani, resident of Village & P.O. Aba Bakarpur Sowahi, P.S. Patepur, District Vaishali. ---Petitioner Versus 1. THE BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, Patna through its Chairman. 2. The Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 3. The General Manager-Cum-Chief Engineer, Mithila Electric Supply Division, Darbhanga. 4. The Electrical Superintending Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Samastipur. 5. The Electrical Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Samastipur. 6. The Assistant Electrical Engineer, Electric Supply Sub-Division, Samastipur (Rural). 7. The Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. ---Respondents ----------- 2. 17.9.2010 As prayed for, the Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna be added as respondent no.7. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and Mrs. Namrata Mishra, learned counsel appearing for the respondent-Board. The grievance of the petitioner is that upon his superannuation on 28th of February, 2010 from the post of Bill Clerk under respondent no.6, no retrial dues of any nature has been paid to him till date. Even the amounts of group insurance and leave encashment, which were sanctioned for payment vide orders, as contained in Annexures 5 and 6 to the writ application, have also not been paid for no valid reasons despite representation. Learned counsel appearing for the respondent-Board submits that the grievances of the petitioner could be considered at - 2 - the earliest as per law. In the above circumstances, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for expeditious disposal of the claims for payment of the retrial dues, including finalization of pension and payment of gratuity and other retrial dues, as indicated above, the petitioner proposes to represent before the newly added respondent no.7-the Secretary of the Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna with a copy each to respondents no.4, 5 and 6. In case such a representation is filed stating the details of his unpaid claims as also enclosing the copy of the relevant documents, if any, in support of such claims along with the certified copy of the present order within a period of four weeks, the grievances of the petitioner as raised in his representation be considered in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months on receipt of such representation, so that the grievances of the petitioner may be settled and the admitted dues, if any, may also be paid with interest permissible under the rules. The writ application stands disposed of with the above observations/directions. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)