IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11298 of 2006 BHUPENDRA SHARMA Versus THE BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD & ORS ----------- 03. 27.08.2008 On the telephonic instruction received by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent Electricity Board he informs the Court that a Cheque No. 0084376 dated 12.8.2008 has been made ready for payment which is the salary due of the father of the petitioner. Petitioner can go and claim the said amount on satisfying the authority the Electrical Executive Engineer, Muzaffarpur East with regard to his identity. Statement was also made that a kind of inheritance certificate might be required before the petitioner can be allowed to claim the above amount. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that this is a misplaced kind of objection which is raised to deny the claim of the petitioner. Petitioner is not only the son of the deceased employee but also worked as unskilled khalasi in the office of the Urban Electric Supply Division, Muzaffarpur. In this regard he has produced an office order for perusal of the court. The respondent Electrical Executive Engineer is hereby directed to make over the payment to the petitioner after taking declaration from him that if any other claim with regard to the said amount is raised by any person then the department will stand indemnified and the responsibility to settle such claim will be of petitioner and petitioner alone. Let an affidavit of this kind be filed by - 2 - the petitioner before receiving the cheque in question. The writ application is disposed of with the above direction. rkp (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J)