IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.673 of 2009 SUO MOTU CONTEMPT AGAINST VICE-CHANCELLOR & THE REGISTRAR OF L.N.MITHILA UNIVERSITY 4 25.06.2010 Husband of the petitioner, a retired peon of C. M. Law College, Darbanga, died on 03.10.2005. Petitioner has filed the connected writ application (C.W.J.C.No.2236 of 2008) for a direction to the respondent University to pay entire post retiral dues of her husband including gratuity, provident fund, group insurance, arrears of salary etc. along with statutory interest. This Court, in a batch of cases, including the connected writ application, passed a detailed order on 12.9.2008 giving certain directions to the respondent University for payment of dues of the petitioners. The order dated 12.9.2008 and subsequent common orders passed in the batch of cases have been referred to in the order passed in M.J.C.No.566 of 2009. After this contempt proceeding was initiated, a show cause has been filed on behalf of the Registrar of the University on 29.01.2010. Along with the show cause, a photo copy of an office order dated 9.1.2010 including a calculation chart of dues of her husband has - 2 - been annexed as Annexure-A. It is stated in the office order that only 75% of pre-retiral and post retiral dues of her husband shall be paid and remaining 25% of the dues shall be paid/adjusted after final audit report. Petitioner has not filed any reply to the show cause. This shows that there has been some compliance of orders of this Court although not in true letter and spirit. However, since petitioner has not filed any reply to the show cause and has not disputed the calculations made therein, this Court does not find it appropriate to hold the contemnors guilty in this case. Therefore, this contempt proceeding is dropped and the contempt application is disposed of. B.T. (J. N. Singh, J.)