IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.21176 of 2011 Ram Padarath Singh, son of Late Jag Narayan Singh, resident of Village + Post Office Rahimapur, Police Station Bidupur, District Vaishali. ... ... Petitioner. Versus 1. Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna through its Chairman, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 2. The Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 3. The General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer, Tirhut Electricity Supply Area, Bhagwanpur Chati, Muzaffarpur. 4. The Electrical Superintending Engineer, Electrical Circle Office, Gannipur, Muzaffarpur. 5. The Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Hajipur, District Vaishali. ... ... Respondents. ---------------------------------- 3. 1.12.2011. Heard Shri Ram Sandesh Roy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Santosh Kumar Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of all the respondents/Bihar State Electricity Board. The petitioner, who retired as Skilled Khalashi on 30.6.2010 from the office of Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Divison, Hajipur, Vaishali, has prayed for directing the respondents to pay sanctioned amount of G.P.F., gratuity and leave encashment and he has also prayed for directing for payment of arrear of his pension i.e. from the date of his retirement till the month of October,2010. Learned counsel for the petitioner 2 submits that after retirement, the petitioner is getting pension from the month of November,2010 and arrear from the date of his retirement till the month of October,2010 has not been paid. In view of the fact that petitioner was a Class-IV employee and amount under the head of G.P.F., gratuity and leave encashment has already been sanctioned by the competent authority, there was no reason to with hold payment. Accordingly, the writ petition stands allowed with a direction to the respondents, particularly respondent no.3/General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer, Tirhut Electricity Supply Area, Muzaffarpur as well as respondent no.5/Executive Engineer, Electric Supply Division, Hajipur, Vaishali to pay sanctioned amount of G.P.F., gratuity and leave encashment and also pay arrear of pension within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. The respondents are further directed to pay interest at the rate of 5% on sanctioned amount of G.P.F. and Gratuity from the date 3 of sanction till the date of payment. With above observation and direction, the writ petition stands allowed. N.H./ ( Rakesh Kumar,J.)