IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.18572 of 2010 RAMESHWARI DEVI widow of late Mohit Ram, resident of village and P.O.Panapur Dharmpur, P.S.Biddupur, District-Vaishali… ….. Petitioner Versus 1. THE BIHAR STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna through its Secretary. 2. The Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 3. The Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 4. The Joint Secretary, General Administration Department, Bihar State Electricity Board, Vidyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna….. ….. Respondents. ----------- For the Petitioner: Mr. Shyama Pd. Mukherjee, Senior Advocate Mr. Shanti Pratap, Advocate For respondent Nos. 1 to 9: Mr.V.C. Srivastava, Advocate -------- 4. 13.12.2010 The petitioner has come to this Court for a direction upon the respondent Bihar State Electricity Board to fix pay scale of the husband of the petitioner in the revised scale of pay applicable with effect from 1.1.1996 and accordingly, fix the family pension of the petitioner and make payment of difference of pensionary benefits to the petitioner with interest. In the counter affidavit filed today on behalf of respondent Nos. 1 to 9, it is stated that the office of the Electrical Executive Engineer, Electrical Supply Division, Hajipur vide office order No.148 dated 9.12.2010 has revised the pay of the petitioner’s husband late Mohit Ram under the revised pay scale applicable with effect from - 2 - 1.1.1996 and sanctioned and fixed the pay scale at Rs.5180/- on 7.3.1996. The Electrical Executive Engineer has further forwarded the matter vide memo No.2364 dated 9.12.2010 to the General Manager-cum- Chief Engineer, Tirhut Electric Supply Area, Muzaffarpur for verification of the pay fixation order and further necessary action. In the above circumstances, the writ application is disposed of with a direction to the General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer, Tirhut Electric Supply Area, Muzaffarpur to make necessary verification of the pay fixation order and thereafter to take steps for fixation of family pension of the petitioner in terms of the said pay fixation order within a period of two months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order and whatever difference of pensionary amounts are required to be paid, the same shall also be paid to the petitioner within a further period of two weeks thereafter. The writ application is, accordingly, disposed of in terms of the aforesaid direction. VPS ( Ramesh Kumar Datta, J. )