IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.6969 of 2008 CHANDESHWAR PRASAD SINGH, son of Late Ram Parichan, resident of village Muriyaro, Police Station- Titwarpur, District-Samastipur…. Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Principal Secretary Water Resources Department, government of Bihar, Patna. 3. Engineer-in-Chief Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. Chief Engineer Minor Irrigation Department, Patna. 5. Chief Engineer, Irrigation Department, Aurangabad, Bihar. 6. Chief Engineer Tube-well Division, Water Resources (Minor Irrigation) Department, Sri Krishna Nagar, Patna, Bihar. 7. Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Birpur, Supaul. 8. Executive Engineer, Irrigation, Triveniganj, Division Trivenigan. 9. Executive Engineer, Irrigation (Machanical Division), Aurangabad. 10. Provident Fund Officer, Supaul, District- Supaul. 11. the Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. .. Respondents. ----------- 2. 04.05.2010 Heard counsel for the petitioner, counsel for the State as also counsel for Accountant General. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ petition reads as follows:- “1. that this is an application for issuance of an appropriate writ, order or direction to the respondents to show cause as to why not the petitioner should be paid all his retiral benefits such as pension gratuity, G.P.F. Leave encashment, group insurance and any other benefits for which he is entitled.” Counsel for the State with reference to the stand taken in the counter affidavit has submitted that the petitioner had absented himself from the office for a pretty 2 long period and as such his Last Payment Certificate (L.P.C.) was not available and therefore his retiral benefit has not been finalized. Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner at this stage would submit that now L.P.C. of the petitioner has been issued and also made available to the Office of Executive Engineer, Triveniganj. That being so, whatever the retiral benefit to which the petitioner is entitled to on the basis of his qualifying service and L.P.C. must be finalized and paid to the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Accordingly, this writ petition is disposed of. Kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)