IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12443 of 2009 KUMUD NANDAN RAM, son of Late Dhani Ram, resident of Village Pokhraira, P.O. Giddha, P.S. Saraiya, District Muzaffarpur. ---Petitioner Versus 1. THE BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD through its Secretary, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna. 2. The Joint Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna. 3. The Financial Controller-I, Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna. 4. The Accounts Officer, Trihut Electric Supply Area, Muzaffarpur. ----Respondents ----------- 2. 15.9.2009 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the respondent-Board. The grievance of the petitioner that while making the payment of gratuity, the respondent-Board made certain deductions as indicated in the sanction order, contained in Memo No.361 dated 1.4.2008 (Annexure 6). Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that after retirement of the petitioner, the authorities of the respondent-Board were not justified in deducting any payment said to be on account of excess pay drawn by the petitioner due to wrong fixation of pay scale and also on account of excess pay drawn on account of non-passing of the Hindi Noting and Drafting examination. It is submitted that the aforesaid payment was made not on account of any misrepresentation or misleading the authorities at any point of time. The learned counsel appearing for the respondent- Board submits that this matter needs to be verified. However, in case the petitioner represents, the same would be considered as per law. 2 In the above circumstances, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for expeditious disposal of the aforesaid grievances, the petitioner proposes to file a representation before the Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Patna (respondent no.1). In case such a representation is filed stating the details of the 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 respondent no.1 shall consider the representation of the petitioner in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months on receipt of such representation, so that the grievances of the petitioner could be settled without delay. Upon consideration, in case the representation of the petitioner is disposed of in favour of the petitioner, the amount deducted shall be refunded back to the petitioner expeditiously, preferably within a period of two months from the date of passing of the order on his representation. The writ application stands disposed of with the above observations/directions. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)