IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14296 of 2011 Urmila Devi, Wife of Sheo Shankar Singh, Resident of Village – Kawai, P.O. – Semari, P.S. – Dawath, District – Rohtas (Sasaram).… Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Director, Primary Education, Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Education Officer, Rohtas. 4. The Headmaster, Govtt. Primary School Dhawai, Circle- Dawath, District – Rohtas. 5. The Accountant General (A&E), Bihar, Patna. ……………. Respondents ---------------------------------- 2 29/8/2011 Heard Sri Anil Kumar Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Anjani Kumar, learned Additional Advocate General No. 10, who appears on behalf of Respondent Nos. 1 to 4/State and learned counsel appearing on behalf of Respondent No. 5/Accountant General (A&E), Bihar, Patna. The petitioner, who retired with effect from 29/2/2008 as ‘Assistant Teacher’ from Primary School, Dhawai, District – Rohtas, has prayed for directing the Respondents to pay pension in revised scale and also for payment of arrear of difference of pension. The petitioner has also prayed for arrear of salary. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for the relief sought for in the present writ petition the petitioner has filed representation before respondent no. 3. However, no decision has been taken. It was submitted that the writ petition may be disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to approach the authority concerned. In view of stand taken by the parties there is no need to keep the matter pending. The writ petition stands disposed of 2 granting liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh representation before Respondent No. 3/District Education Officer, Rohtas within a period of six weeks from today. If such representation is filed, Respondent No. 3 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. If Respondent No. 3 considers the claim of the petitioner as genuine he is required to pass sanction order within aforesaid time and communicate it to the Respondent No. 5/Accountant General (A&E), Bihar, Patna within aforesaid time. Even in case of refusal, Respondent No. 3 is required to pass a speaking order and communicate the same to the petitioner within three months from the date of filing of the representation. The court expects that Respondent No. 5/Accountant General (A&E), Bihar, Patna will issue authorization within four weeks from the date of receipt of sanction order from the State authority. With above observation and direction the writ petition stands disposed of. Praful ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)