IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8334 of 2006 Arun Prakash, S/o Late Lildhari Garain, Resident of L.I.G.H. Flat No.7/247, Hanumannagar, P.S. Patrakarnagar, Distt. Patna. ------------ Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar, through the Secretary, Road Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Engineer-in-Chief-cum-Additional Commissioner-cum-Special Secretary, Road Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Secretary-cum-Commissioner, Finance Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4. Deputy Secretary, Finance, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 5. Under Secretary, Personal Claim Settlement Cell, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 6. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. --------------- Respondents ----------- 2 14.05.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The prayer of the writ petitioner in this writ application reads as follows:- “1(a) Respondents be directed to notionally fix the petitioner’s pay and accordingly integrate his pension in the light of the aforesaid revision. (b) Respondents be directed to pay the arrears accrued out of the difference of pay as well as pension amount of the petitioner. (c) Respondents be directed to pay all the consequential benefits to the petitioner.” Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that though the petitioner retired on 31.7.2000 while holding the post of Assistant 2 Engineer in the Road Construction Department at Gumla his payment of certain admissible amount of retirement benefit on account of wrong fixation of pay had been withheld. Counsel for the State in this context has drawn attention of this Court towards Annexure-A to the counter affidavit, wherein, the State of Bihar has made a communication to the State of Jharkhand for redressal of grievance of the petitioner as the same basically relates to only correction in the pay-scale. Counsel for the petitioner, however, has not impleaded the officials of the State of Jharkhand and in their absence, no direction can be issued to them. In that view of the matter, this Court would give liberty to the petitioner to approach the competent authority of the State of Jharkhand who is/are required to now act in terms of the letter of the Government of Bihar dated 18.1.2007 (Annexure-A). It is expected that the competent authority of the State of Jharkhand would do the needful in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date of lodging of such claim by the 3 petitioner to be filed by him along with a copy of this order. With the aforementioned observations, this application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)