IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15844 of 2011 Mukha Ram , S/O Late Sahdeo Ram, resident of Village- Sumha, P.S. Sasaram, District-Sasaram --------------Petitioner Versus 1. The Bihar State Electricity Board through the Secretary, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road,Patna 2. The General Manager-cum- Chief Engineer, Magadh Electric Supply Area, Gaya 3. The Electrical Superintending Engineer, Rohtas at Sasaram 4. The Electrical Executive Engineer, Sasaram , District-Rohtas 5. Dy. Director of Accounts, the Bihar State Electricity Board,Patna -------------------- Respondents. ---------------------------------- 02 15-09-2011 Heard /Sri Siddharth Harsh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri M.P.Jaiswal, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Respondent/Bihar State Electricity Board. The petitioner, who retired on 30.09.2010 as Class IV employee ( Skilled Khalashi) from Electric Supply Division, Sasaram, Rohtas, has prayed for directing the Respondents to pay the following dues: (i) Gratuity (ii) General Provident Fund (iii) Arrears of Pension (iv) Leave Encashment (v) Arrears of sixth pay revision (vi) Arrears of over time, Along with admissible statutory interest. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had approached the authority concerned for the relief sought for in the present writ petition. However, till date aforesaid amount has not been cleared nor any decision has been taken by the authority concerned. The Court is of the opinion that without keeping the 2 matter pending, the writ petition can be disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to file a detailed representation before the Respondent no.2/ General Manager-cum- Chief Engineer, Magadh Electric Supply Area, Gaya within a period of six weeks from today. If such representation is filed by the petitioner regarding the claim made in the present writ petition, the Respondent no.2 is required to examine the same and pass appropriate order in accordance with law within a period of eight weeks from the date of filing of such representation. If the Respondent no.2 considers the claim of the petitioner as genuine, he is required to pass order for clearing the dues within the aforesaid time. Even in case of refusal, the Respondent no.2 is required to pass speaking order and communicate the same to the petitioner within eight weeks from the date of filing of such representation. It goes without saying that the petitioner shall be entitled to get admissible statutory interest on delayed payment. With above observation and direction, the writ petition stands disposed of. NKS/- ( Rakesh Kumar, J.)