IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14280 of 2011 Ashok Roy son of Late Rangila Roy, resident of at + P.O. Umraoganj, Police Station Bihiyan, District Bhojpur (Ara). ... ... Petitioner. Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary of the Land Development, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Managing Director, Bihar State Co-operative Land Development Bank, Budh Marg, Patna. 3. The President, Bihar State Co-operative land Development Bank, Budh Marg, Patna. 4. The Account Officer, Bihar Co-operative Land Development Bank, Budh Marg, Patna. ... ... Respondents. ---------------------------------- 4. 21.9.2011. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent nos.2, 3 and 4/Bihar State Co-operative Land Development Bank. The petitioner has prayed for directing the respondents to pay his retiral dues and also to pay amount of difference of salary of the petitioner from 1991 to 1994 and from February,1996 to 2000. The petitioner, who was Assistant in the Bank, had got compulsory retirement from the Bank in the year 2000. It has been submitted that his compulsory retirement was accepted. Till date, his terminal dues have not been paid as indicated above. In this case, a counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of respondent nos.2 to4/Bank. In the counter affidavit, 2 virtually, the Bank has not disputed the claim of the petitioner, but a plea has been taken on behalf of the Bank that there is financial crunch in the Bank and also Bank has prepared a chronological list for clearing the retiral dues of its employees and when turn of petitioner will come payment will be made. The respondent/Bank, in support of their contention, has also relied on some orders passed by this Court, copy of the same has been brought on record as enclosure to the writ petition. In similar situation, number of writ petitions have been allowed by this Court even after noticing the contention of the Bank as well as noticing different orders passed by this Court. In detail, the matter was heard in a case reported in 2011(3) PLJR 573 (Mithilesh Kumar Singh Vs. Rajya Sahkari bhumi Vikash Bank Ltd.) and in that case, it was noticed that the plea of the Bank regarding financial crunch was not correct rather the financial condition of the Bank had improved and due to that reason, the Bank has started disbursing loan in crores, spending huge amount on renovation of the 3 building, purchasing vehicle etc. and after noticing all the facts, this Court had directed the Bank to clear the retiral dues of the petitioner of said case within the specified period. Accordingly, in terms of the order passed in Mithilesh Kumar Singh’s case (Supra), the present writ petition stands allowed with a direction to respondent no.2/Managing Director of the Bihar State Co-operative Land Development Bank to make payment of all the terminal dues of the petitioner within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. The respondent/Bank is further directed to pay interest at the rate of 5% per annum on delayed payment. The writ petition stands allowed. N.H./ ( Rakesh Kumar,J.)