IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1098 of 2008 DEVENDRA PRASAD SINGH, son of Late Deosahai Singh, resident of Village + P.O. Gugaldih, P.S.Barhat, District Jamui, Bihar, at present residing at Seth Thakur Das Sureka Road, Deoghar (Jharkhand) ---Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. Principal Secretary, Building Construction and Awash Department, Bihar, Pana. 3. Engineer in Chief, Building Construction and Awash Department, Bihar, Patna. 4. Chief Engineer, Building Construction and Awash Department, Bihar, Patna. 5. Superintending Engineer, Building Circle, Bhagalpur, District Bhagalpur. 6. Executive Engineer, Building Division, Bhagalpur, Bhawan Nirman Department. 7. Accountant General, Government of Bihar, Patna. ---Respondents ----------- 2. 27.4.2010 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the respondent-State as also the Accountant General. The grievance of the petitioner is that upon his superannuation on 31st of January, 1999 from the post of Assistant Engineer, Building Division, Bhagalpur, full pensionary benefits and some other dues as highlighted in this writ application have not been settled as yet. Learned counsel appearing for the Accountant General submits that the payment of pension and gratuity has been authorized as stated in paragraphs 4 and 6 of the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the Accountant General. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the order for grant of promotion has not been given effect to while sanctioning the order of pension despite representation submitted by 2 the petitioner to respondent no.6 and despite the direction to dispose of the said representation vide letter contained in Memo No.1981 Building/Patna dated 18.4.2006, as contained in Annexure 5. The learned counsel appearing for the State submits that the grievances of the petitioner shall be considered as per law without delay. In the above circumstances, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for expeditious disposal of pending claims, the petitioner proposes to file a fresh representation before the Executive Engineer, Building Division, Bhagalpur, Bhawan Nirman Department (respondent no.6), with a copy to the Chief Engineer, Building Construction and Awash Department, Bihar, Patna (respondent no.4). In case such a representation is filed stating the details of the unpaid 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 six weeks, the grievances of the petitioner as raised in his representation shall be considered in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months on receipt of such representation, so that the grievances of the petitioner as raised in his representation may be settled without further delay and the admitted dues, if any, may also be settled. In case the representation of the petitioner finds favour, necessary order may be issued and communicated to the Accountant General for its eventual payment with interest permissible under the rules. 3 The writ application stands disposed of with the above observations/directions. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)