IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.666 of 2009 SUO MOTU CONTEMPT AGAINST VICE-CHANCELLOR & THE REGISTRAR OF L.N.MITHILA UNIVERSITY 4 25.06.2010 Husband of the petitioner, a retired head clerk, died on 05.12.2003. Petitioner has filed the connected writ application (C.W.J.C.No.904 of 2008) for a direction to the respondent University to pay entire post retiral dues of her husband including arrears of pension, arrears of family pension, gratuity, general provident fund, group insurance, leave encashment along with statutory interest to him. This Court, in a batch of cases, including the connected writ application, passed a detailed order on 12.9.2008 giving certain directions to the respondent University for payment of dues of the petitioners. The order dated 12.9.2008 and subsequent common orders passed in the batch of cases have been referred to in the order passed in M.J.C.No.566 of 2009. After this contempt proceeding was initiated, instead of filing show cause, a counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the Registrar of the University on 27.01.2010 in the writ application itself. It is stated in the - 2 - counter affidavit that earlier husband of the petitioner was getting pension and after his death, his wife was getting family pension since March, 2007. This shows that there has been some compliance of orders of this Court although not in true letter and spirit. However, since petitioner has not filed any reply to the counter affidavit, this Court does not find it appropriate to hold the contemnors guilty in this case. Therefore, this contempt proceeding is dropped and the contempt application is disposed of. B.T. (J. N. Singh, J.)