WP(C) 1505/2008 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI Heard Sri S.Borthakur, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri RK Bor a, learned Government Advocate, Assam. As agreed to and in view of the subject matter involved, the writ petition is be ing disposed of at the admission stage. The petitioner who retired from the post of Deputy Chief Executive Officer of th e Sonitpur Zilla Parishad on 30.11.2004, has lodged a claim for payment of retir ement benefits including pension, which, according to the petitioner, have not b een paid though nearly four years have elapsed since his retirement. The petitio ner has also contended that neither provisional pension nor provisional gratuity and leave encashment due to him have been paid by the Respondents till date. That the petitioner was an employee of the Government of Assam in the Department of Panchayat and Rural Development is not in doubt. His entitlement to retireme nt benefits under different permissible heads as well as pension is also not in dispute. In such circumstances the Court desired to know the reasons why dues of the petitioner have been withheld. The written instructions dated 26.07.2008 conveyed to the learned Government Adv ocate by the Deputy Secretary to the Government of Assam, Panchayat and Rural De velopment (C) Department would go to indicate that the delay in payment of pensi on and retirement benefits to the petitioner have been occasioned by the late re ceipt of service records from the erstwhile Sonitpur Mahkuma Parishad, presently Sonitpur Zilla Parishad, where the petitioner had served until his retirement. The instructions placed before the Court further indicate that the said records have been received in the meantime and that the necessary proposal will be sent to the Accountant General for sanction. The instructions received are to the fu rther effect that pending approval/sanction of the Accountant General, provision al pension, provisional gratuity and leave encashment will be paid to the petiti oner immediately. In the aforesaid circumstances, the Court is of the view that this writ petition should be closed, at this stage, by directing payment of provisional pension (i ncluding arrears), provisional gratuity and leave encashment as may be due to th e petitioner within a period of two months from today. Regular pension and final gratuity and other retirement benefits as may be due to the petitioner shall al so be finalized within a period of four months from today. The authorities in th e Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Government of Assam as well as the A ccountant General Assam will be responsible for implementing the aforesaid direc tions of this Court within the time frame stipulated. The writ petition shall stand disposed of in the above terms. The written instructions dated 16.07.2008 placed before the Court by the learned Government Advocate, Assam be kept on record.