IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.21137 of 2011 Upendra Prasad Singh, S/O Late Rudra Prasad Singh, resident of Mohalla Kadirabad, P.S. L.N. Mithila University Campus Thana, District Darbhanga. ... ... Petitioner. Versus 1. The Bihar State Electricity Board through its Chairman, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 2. The Jharkhand State Electricity Board, through its Chairman, Ranchi. 3. The Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 4. The Joint Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 5. The Accounts Officer (Establishment), Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 6. The General Manager cum Chief Engineer, Bihar State Electricity Board, Tirhut Area Board, Muzaffarpur. 7. The General Manager cum Chief Engineer, Jharkhand State Electricity Board, Mednipur Electric Supply, Daltengang, Jharkhand. 8. The General Manager cum Chief Engineer, Bihar State Electricity Board, Mithila Electric Supply, Darbhanga. 9. The Electrical Superintending Engineer, Electric Supply Circle, Chapra, District Saran at Chapra. ... ... Respondents. ---------------------------------- 3. 2.12.2011. Heard Shri Amarendra Narayan, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Nikesh Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of all the respondents/Bihar State Electricity Board. The petitioner, who retired long on 31.7.2007 as Assistant Electrical Engineer, Electric Supply Subdivision, Marhaura in the district of Saran at Chapra, after not getting his retiral dues settled, has approached this Court by filing the present writ petition. 2 It has been pleaded that no departmental proceeding was pending against the petitioner nor there were any due against the petitioner, but on the ground of non availability of Service Book of the petitioner, the respondents have not finalized the pension. The petitioner is getting provisional pension and that too on basic grade. Except provisional pension, no other retiral dues have been paid to the petitioner. In view of the fact that the petitioner retired long back in the year 2007 and till date, his retiral dues have not been settled by the respondent/authority, the court is of the opinion that the writ petition can be allowed at this stage with a direction to respondent no.3/the Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board and respondent no.5/Accounts Officer (Establishment), Bihar State Electricity Board to finalize all the retiral dues of the petitioner within a period of two months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Respondents are directed to pay all 3 the retiral dues and also finalize the pension of the petitioner and also pay arrear of difference of pension and other arrears within aforesaid time. 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. N.H./ ( Rakesh Kumar,J.)