IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.157 of 1999 SHIV SHANKAR PD.SINGH s/o Late Ram Navmi Singh, resident of village & P. O. Balwa Kuwari District- Vaishali. … Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Dr. Durga Prasad Mandal The Chief Malaria Officer, Health Bhawan Sulatanganj, Patna-6 3. Civil Surgeon-cum- Chief Malaria Officer, Ranchi 4. Incharge, Ranchi … Opposite parties. ----------- 3. 30.03.2010 No one appears for the petitioner. Counsel for the State is present. The officials of the State of Bihar who have been impleaded as opposite party have taken a plea that the representation relating to the retirement benefit of the petitioner had been sent to the State of Jharkhand in view of the last posting of the petitioner at Ranchi. In the opinion of this Court, neither on fact nor on law the stand taken by opposite party, the officials of the State of Bihar seems to be correct. The order as contained in Annexure- 1 and 2 would go to show that there were orders passed way back in the year 1998 and 1995 whereas the State of Jharkhand came into existence only on 15.11.2000. In that view of the matter, such 2 communication of Chief Malaria Officer, Bihar, Patna was only communication to his sub-ordinate officials then posted at Ranchi within the State of Bihar. This court is not aware as to what decision was taken on the said representation by the officials of the State of Bihar now becoming part and parcel of the State of Jharkhand. Be that as it may, the matter related to payment of retirement benefit and there is no representation on behalf of the petitioner and therefore if the petitioner felt that any part of retirement benefit has not been paid as yet, he will have liberty to approach the concerned authority for payment of balance amount. With the aforementioned observation, this application is disposed of. Kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)