IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12579 of 2006 DEVENDRA PRASAD YADAV son of Jhotan Yadav, R/O village Baijnathpatti, P.O.Sitamarha, P.S.and District-Saharsa.— Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2. The Finance Commissioner, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Department of Cooperative Govt. of Bihar, Patna 4. The Registrar, Cooperative Society, Bihar, Patna 5. The Managing Director, Bihar State Co-operative Bank Ltd. Bihar, Patna 6. The District Magistrate-cum-Administrator, Madhepura, supaul, Co-operative Bank Ltd, Madhepura 7. The Managing Director, Madhepura Supaul Central Co=operative Bank Ltd. Madhepura 8. The District Co-operative Officer, Madhepura 9. The Deputy Registrar, Co-operative Societies Koshi Division, Saharsa 10.The District Provident Fund Officer, Saharsa, 11.The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna.— Respondents. For the petitioner : Mr. Pramod Kumar Mishra For the Board : Mr. Ranjan Kumar Jha For the A.G.Bihar : Mr. L.P.K.Rajgrihar For the State : Mr. Saifur Rahman A.C. to SC 17 7. 03.11.2009. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking, inter alia, payments of his pension and all other retiral dues having retired from service on 31.1.2005. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner states that in view of the order passed in C.W.J.C.No.2312 of 1991 (Bihar Rajya Sahkarita Prabandhak Sahkari Samiti vs. The State of Bihar & 2 ors) and the order of the apex court passed in Civil Appeal No.7353 of 1996 (The State of Bihar & ors Vs. Bihar Rajya Sahkakrita Prabandhak Sahkari Samiti), he had become an employee of the State and thus, it was the State’s obligation to ensure payment of the retiral benefits. A counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of respondent nos.1 to 4 and in para-4 thereof, a categorical statement has been made that the petitioner, being a Paid Manager, was the employee of the District Centre Cooperative Society appointed to work in Primary Agriculture Credit Society and he is not a Government employee. It is stated that District Centre Cooperative Society (D.C.C.S) and Primary Agriculture Credit Society (P.A.C.S.) are Cooperative Society registered under the Bihar Co- operative Societies Act, 1935 and that they got salary from the district fund. Another counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of respondent nos.6 to 9 and in para-4 thereof, it is stated that the license application of Madhepura Central Co-operative Bank Ltd. has been rejected by the Reserve Bank of India on 12.4.2003/19.5.2003 and that the Bank in question had gone under liquidation from 11.6.2003. It is further stated that the claims of all the 3 employees would be paid by the Liquidator in accordance with the provision of Rule 65(20) of Bihar Co-operative Societies Rule 1959 framed under the Bihar Co-operative Societies Act, 1935. In view of the statements made in para-4 of the counter affidavit filed on behalf of respondent nos.6 to 9, no fruitful purpose shall be served by keeping this matter pending in this Court. The petitioner, if so advised, may seek his remedy in accordance with the provisions of the Bihar Co-operative Societies Act, 1935 and the rules framed thereunder and/or the Labour laws of the land and raise all his grievances before respondent no.4 and/or place and press his claims before the Liquidator in view of the statement made in para-4 of the counter affidavit filed on behalf of respondent nos.6 to 9 and which shall be considered and disposed of expeditiously by the authority concerned by a speaking order. The writ petition is disposed of with the direction aforesaid. ahk (Jyoti Saran,J.)