IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13081 of 2009 MD.SIKANDAR AZAM KHAN S/O LATE NOMAN AHMAD RESIDENT OF ANWAR MANZIL, HAKIM AMIR HASAN LANE, TATARPUR, P.S.- KOTWALI, DISTT.- BHAGALPUR Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY-CUM-COMMISSIONER DEPARTMENT OF RAJ BHASHA, BIHAR, PATNA 2. THE DIRECTOR RAJ BHASHA, BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE DIRECTOR RAJ BHASHA (URDU), BIHAR, PATNA 4. THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR RAJ BHASHA, BHAGALPUR DIVISION, BHAGALPUR 5. THE DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER BHAGALPUR DIVISION, BHAGALPUR 6. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE BHAGALPUR 7. THE BLOCK DEVELOPMENT OFFICER JAGDISHPUR, DISTT.- BHAGALPUR ----------- 09. 02.08.2010 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. It is submitted that petitioner after his voluntarily retirement with effect from 31st of March 2003 as Hindi Translator while attached to the office of the respondent no. 7, the terminal dues were not settled and as such petitioner filed the above writ application. It is further submitted that during the pendency of the writ application the claim for payment of Group Insurance and Provident Fund dues has been settled and paid, however, other retiral dues has remained to be settled and paid despite representation On the request of the learned counsel for the State large numbers of adjournments were allowed for filing the counter affidavit but no counter affidavit has been filed till 2 date as the writ petition was filed on 6th of October 2009 with respect to the claim of the petitioner for payment of terminal dues. In the above circumstances, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that even though petitioner has filed a good number of representations, however, for expeditious disposal of the pending claims, petitioner proposes to file a representation before the respondent no. 3 with a copy to respondent nos. 4,5,6 and 7. In such view of the matter, in case such representation stating details of unpaid claims is filed by the petitioner within a period of four weeks along with the certified copy of the present order as also the copy of the relevant documents, if any, in support of the claim, the above respondent shall consider the claims of the petitioner as raised in the representation in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months on receipt of such representation so that the grievances of the petitioner could be settled without delay and the admitted dues could also be paid along with interest permissible under the rules. Upon consideration, if any of the claims of part of the claims are found not admissible, the same shall be informed to the petitioner with the reasons thereof. The writ application stands disposed of with the above observations/directions. Jagdish/ ( Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)