IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2563 of 2007 Resham Devi wife of deceased RAJ RANJAN PRASAD SINGH son of Late Mahendra Prasad, residing at Mohalla Akhara Ghat (Balughat), in the house named Mahendra Niwas, P.O. & P.S. Saraiyaganj, District- Muzaffarpur. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The District Collector, Sitamarhi 3. Sub-Divsional Officer, Sitamarhi (East) 4. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna 5. Chief Manager, Central Bank of India, Main Branch, Saraiyaganj, Muzaffarpur. 6. Principal Secretary-cum-Finance Commissioner, Dept of Finance, Patna ----------- 5 17.04.2009 It has been submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the Principal Secretary-cum-Finance Commissioner, Department of Finance, Patna is a necessary party, and as such, he may be permitted to add him as respondent no.6 in this case. Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to do so in course of the day. Heard learned counsels for the petitioner and the State. The grievance of the petitioner, in nut-shell, is to the effect that on account of the retirement of the husband of the petitioner, pension has not been fixed for the correct amount payable to him for the reason that his pay was not correctly fixed. Learned counsel appearing for the Accountant General submits that pension has been fixed on the basis of the Governmental instructions, and as such, the grievance, if any, should be agitated before the Administrative - 2 - Department. In the above circumstances, the petitioner is permitted to raise his grievances as raised in this writ application by way of representation before the respondent no.6. In this view of the matter, it is directed that in case such detailed representation is filed by the petitioner within a period of eight weeks from today along with the certified copy of the present order, the respondent no.6 shall consider and dispose of the same by a reasoned order in accordance with law taking into consideration the grievances raised in the representation as also the copy of the relevant documents annexed therewith as well as any other material expeditiously preferably within a period of four months on receipt of such representation. Upon such consideration, if the representation is disposed of in favour of the petitioner, the above respondent shall simultaneously issue necessary orders so that the grievances of the petitioner raised in his representation could be redressed without delay taking into consideration the order passed by him on her such representation. The writ application is disposed of with the above observations/directions. Manish/- ( Shailesh Kumar Sinha,J.)