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Surendra Narain Chaudhary vs The State Of Bihar & Ors on 3 November, 2011

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Surendra Narain Chaudhary vs The State Of Bihar & Ors on 3 November, 2011
                         IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
                               Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10671 of 2008
                Surendra Narain Chaudhary, Son of Late Ram Nandan Chaudhary Retired.
                Reader of Gopeshwar College Hathwa, Gopalganj at present Kutub Bihar
                Phase-I, Thankar Chowk, Plot No. - 8, Block - F, New Delhi - 71.
                                                          .....       ......... Petitioner
                                                     Versus
                1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Human Resources
                    Development Department, Bihar, Patna.
                2. The Secretary, Human Resources Development Department,
                    Government of Bihar, Vikash Bhawan, Patna.
                3. Jai Prakash University, Chapra, through its Registrar, District
                    Chapra.
                4. The Vice-Chancellor, Jai Prakash University, Chapra, District -
                    Saran at Chapra.
                5. The Finance Officer, Jai Prakash University, Chapra, District -
                    Saran.
                6. Baba Saheb Bheem Rao Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffarpur
                    through its Registrar, District - Muzaffarpur.
                7. The Vice-Chancellor, Baba Saheb Bheem Rao Ambedkar Bihar
                    University, District - Muzaffarpur.
                8. The Registrar, Bheem Rao Ambedkar Bihar University, Muzaffapur,
                    District - Muzaffarpur.
                9. The Finance Officer, Baba Saheb Bheem Rao Ambedkar, Bihar
                    University, Muzaffarpur, District - Muzaffarpur.
                10. The Finance Officer, Jai Prakash University, Chapra.
                                                                 ................. Respondents
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10 03.11.2011 Heard Sri Shubh Narain Singh, learned counsel

for the petitioner, Smt. Nutan Sahay, learned A.C. to

Standing Counsel No. 1 appearing on behalf of respondent

no. 1 & 2/State, Sri Shivendra Kishore, learned counsel

appearing on behalf of respondent no. 3 to 5 & 10 / J.P.

University, Chapra and Sri Harendra Kumar Tiwari, learned

counsel appearing on behalf of respondent no. 6 to 9/ Baba

Saheb Bheem Rao Ambedkar Bihar University,

Muzaffarpur.

The petitioner, who retired in the year 1995 as

‘Reader’ has prayed for directing the respondents to pay
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remaining amount of retiral dues. At the very outset Sri

Shivendra Kishore has raised preliminary objection on the

point of maintainability of the writ petition. It was

submitted by Sri Kishore that the petitioner has earlier

approached this court by filing a writ petition for retiral

dues which was disposed of by a common order on

21.12.2000 vide ‘Annexure – 1’ to the writ petition, and

thereafter, since that order was not fully complied with, the

petitioner had filed a contempt petition vide MJC No. 1170

of 2001, which too was disposed of on 03.05.2002. It was

submitted that for the same relief the petitioner is not

entitled to file second writ petition.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn my

attention to last paragraph of the order dated 03.05.2002 in

MJC No. 1170 of 2001 and it has been argued that while

disposing of the contempt petition this court had granted

liberty to the petitioner for pursuing his further claim, if

any, before the appropriate authority, and as such, the

petitioner for remaining grievances has approached the

authority concerned.

Sri Shivendra Kishore has further argued that he

has specifically stated in its counter affidavit that difference

of arrear of pension has also been paid and nothing is

pending with the J.P. University, Chapra.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that
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the writ petition may be disposed of granting liberty to the

petitioner to approach the authority concerned by filing

representation. It has not been disputed by learned counsel

for the petitioner that payment has been made by J.P.

University, Chapra, but a claim has been made that

calculation chart has not been supplied by the J.P.

University, Chapra.

Sri Harendra Kumar Tiwari, learned counsel for

respondent / B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur, does

not dispute the prayer made by learned counsel for the

petitioner for approaching the authority concerned by filing

representation.

In view of the facts and circumstances, the writ

petition stands disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner

to file a fresh representation regarding his remaining

grievance along with relevant documents before respondent

no. 8 / Registrar, Bheem Rao Ambedkar Bihar University,

Muzaffarpur, within a period of eight weeks from today. If

such representation is filed, the respondent no. 8 is required

to examine the same and pass appropriate order in

accordance with law within a period of four months from

the date of filing of such representation. Even in case of

refusal, the respondent no. 8 is required to pass a speaking

order and communicate the same to the petitioner within

four months from the date of filing of such representation.
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The petitioner is further granted liberty to approach the

respondent no. 3 / J.P. University, Chapra, through its

Registrar by filing a representation regarding the claim for

providing calculation chart. The said representation must be

filed within a period of six weeks from today. If such

representation is filed, the respondent no. 3 is required to

examine the same and pass appropriate order in accordance

with law, and if possible, provide calculation chart to the

petitioner within aforesaid time i.e. four months from the

date of filing of representation.

The writ petition stands disposed of.

( Rakesh Kumar, J.)

Praful