IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14543 of 2009 MAHESH PRASAD SINGH, son of Late Ramavtar Singh, residaent of Kapsya Nagdah (Sunflower School Campus), Post Office R.T.S. Township, Police Station-Mufassil, District Begusarai-851117. ---Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. The Secretary, Road Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Principal Secretary, Urban Development and Housing Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Deputy Secretary, Road Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 5. The Joint Secretary, Road Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 6. The Deputy Secretary-Cum-Director, Urban Development and Housing Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 7. The District Magistrate--cum-Chairman, District Urban Development Authority, Khagaria. 8. The Secretary, District Urban development Authority, Khagaria. 9. The District G.P.F. Officer, Khagaria. 10.The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. ---Respondents ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Siya Ram Shahi, Advocate With Mr. Syed M. Ashraf, Advocate For the S t a t e : AAG 11 For the Accountant General : Mr. Kumar Priya Ranjan,S.C. ------ 2. 4.11.2009 Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the respondent-State as also the Accountant General. The grievance of the petitioner is that his retiral dues as indicated in paragraph 1 of the writ application have remained to be settled as yet. Besides that, the petitioner has also not been paid his salary for the period 1.11.2008 to 31.7.2009 without any valid justification while he was posted as an Assistant Engineer under respondent no.7-the District Magistrate-cum-Chairman, District Urban 2 Development Authority, Khagaria. On account of such non-payment of the salary, further actions with regard to settlement of the retiral dues of the petitioner on his superannuation on 31st of July, 2009 are not being taken by respondents no.2 and 3. The learned counsel appearing for the respondent- State submits that in case the petitioner represents before the authority concerned, the same would be considered without delay. In the above circumstances, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that for expeditious disposal of the pending claims as highlighted in this writ application, the petitioner proposes to file a fresh representation before the District Magistrate--cum-Chairman, District Urban Development Authority, Khagaria (respondent no.7). In case such a representation is filed stating the details of the claims as also enclosing the copy of the relevant documents, if any, in support of such claims along with the certified copy of the present order within a period of six weeks, respondent no.7 shall consider the grievances of the petitioner as raised in his representation. Upon consideration, if the representation is accepted, the admissible dues of the petitioner shall be paid expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months on receipt of such representation. The respondent no.7 shall simultaneously inform the Principal Secretary, Urban Development and Housing Department, Government of Bihar, Patna (respondent no.3), so that the pending post-retiral dues of the petitioner could be settled expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months thereafter. 3 The writ application stands disposed of with the above observations/directions. PNM (Shailesh Kumar Sinha, J.)