IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7140 of 1998 Suresh Prasad son of Baldeo Sahay, resident of Road No.1/e, 101, New Patliputra Colony, Patna ..Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna 2. The Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Govt. of Bihar, Nirman Bhawan, Patna 3. The Joint Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Govt. of Bihar, Nirman Bhawan, Patna …Respondents ---------------------------------- 06- 15/12/2011 Mr. Madhuresh Prasad, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Assistant Counsel to Government Pleader No. IX for the State are present. The writ petition was originally filed for a direction upon the respondents to accept the voluntary retirement application made by the petitioner. It appears that during pendency of the writ application, the same was accepted and this Court on 9.4.99 had also taken cognizance of this fact. From a perusal of the order dated 9.4.99 it is also obvious that this Court had observed that it would be open to the State to pay to the petitioner his pensionary and other dues including gratuity which was payable to him in accordance with law and the pendency of the writ petition shall not stand in the way of the respondents to calculate the dues payable to him and, if there is no objection, such payment may also be made 2 forthwith. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the writ petition may be disposed off with a direction to the respondents to pay all such dues admissible to the petitioner in accordance with law consequent upon the acceptance of his request for voluntary retirement with effect from 18.9.98 which is evident from memo no. 118 dated 16.2.99, issued under the signature of the Joint Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Govt. of Bihar, if not already paid. Learned counsel for the State has no objection to the same. 2. In view of the aforesaid, the writ petition stands disposed off with a direction upon the respondents to make payment of all admissible dues to the petitioner on account of acceptance of his request for voluntary retirement, if not already paid, latest within a period of four months from the date of production/receipt of a copy of this order by the Principal Secretary/Secretary, Department of Public Health Engineering Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. mrl ( Ahsanuddin Amanullah, J.)