1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 5371 /2010 (Chandrakant Anandrao Balbudhe vs. State State of Maharashtra and another ) .................................................................................................................................................................... Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders Court's or Judge's order of directions and Registrar's orders ..................................................................................................................................................................... CORAM : D.D.SINHA & A.P.BHANGALE, JJ DATED : 25th February, 2011. Heard Mr. O.W. Gupta, learned counsel for the petitioner; Mrs Rashi Deshpande, learned AGP for respondent no.1 and Mr. Kapgate, for respondent no.2. The petitioner is seeking a direction to the Zilla Parishad to pay arrears of Rs. 20,118/- to the petitioner with interest thereon till the date of actual payment. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that this is the amount of arrears of dearness allowance of the father of the petitioner who was working as Muster Assistant under the Employment Guarantee Scheme. Mr Kapgate, learned counsel for respondent- Zilla Prishad has submitted that the Collector has already been approached by the Zilla Parishad to release the payment of Rs.20,118/- to be given to the petitioner towards the arrears. It is submitted that the Collector was also given reminder by Zilla Parishad vide communication dated 5.6.2010. It is submitted that the Zilla Parishad shall pay the arrears of Rs.20,118/- to the petitioner on receipt of the said amount from the 2 Collector. The learned AGP for want of instructions is unable to throw light on this issue. In the circumstances, we direct the Collector to consider the proposal of the Zilla Parishad for release of the amount in accordance with law and take a decision in this regard within a period of four weeks from the date of communication of this order and take appropriate steps accordingly. With these observations and directions Writ Petition is disposed of. JUDGE JUDGE sahare