IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.3140 of 2006 Mosamat Leela Jha wife of late Binay Kumar Jha, Head Assistant, Maharaj Laxamishwar Singh Memorial College, Darbhanga, under Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga resident of Village- Panchabh post- Panchobh, P.S. Bishanpur, District- Darbhanga. …………Petitioner. -Versus- 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Vice Chancellor, Sri Rajmani Prasad Singh, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga. 3. The Registrar, Sri Kumaresh Prasad Singh, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga. 4. The Principal, Sri Anil Kumar Jha, Maharaj Laxmishwar Singh College, Darbhanga. 5. The Finance Officer, Sri Ratish Kumar Jha, L. N. M. University, Darbanga. --------- 3. 24.10.2008. A show cause has been filed on behalf of the Director, Higher Education, Bihar, Patna, in which it has been stated that the petitioner has now been paid the retiral dues, which were to be paid to her husband. The petitioner is the widow of Binay Kumar Jha, had first filed a writ application for payment of retiral dues of her husband. The order was passed by this Court on 13.8.2002, whereas the retiral dues of the petitioner have been paid in sometime February, 2008. The contempt application was filed on 22.12.2006 and after two years of filing of the contempt application payments were made. It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that she is entitled to penal interest and is also entitled to be costs. It took six years for the University to pay the dues of the deceased husband of the petitioner which in my view is distressing to say the least. Accordingly, I direct that a cost of Rs.10,000/- should be - 2 - paid by the University to the petitioner as litigation cost. This contempt application is disposed of with the aforesaid direction. U.K. (Sheema Ali Khan,J)