Parma Nand Jha v. Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.808 of 2023 ====================================================== Parma Nand Jha Son of Late Girija Nand Jha, Resident of Village- Mahrail, P.S.- Rudrapur, District- Madhubani.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga through its Registrar.

2.

Vice-Chancellor, Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga.

3.

Registrar, Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga.

4.

The State of Bihar, through Additional Chief Secretary, (Higher Education) Department of Education, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna. 5.

The Principal Secretary (Higher Education), Department of Education, Government of Bihar, Patna.

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Durga Nand Jha, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Ms. Meera Singh, AC to GP 23 For the University :

Mr.Deepak Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 26-04-2023 Heard Mr. Durga Nand Jha, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, Ms. Meera Singh, learned AC to GP 23 and Mr. Deepak Kumar, learned counsel appearing for the University.

2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner informs this Court that the petitioner has already representated before the Registrar of the University and the only delay in making payment is being caused by the Registrar of the University.

3. Mr. Deepak Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the University informs this Court that immediate steps

Patna High Court CWJC No.808 of 2023(2) dt.26-04-2023 2/2 will be taken by the Registrar of the University to disburse all the dues as claimed by the petitioner within a period of three weeks.

4. In the meantime, the Vice Chancellor of the University must ensure that the Registrar of the University takes all the serious steps for making payment of the retiral dues admissible to the petitioner within a period of three weeks.

5. At this stage, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the University informs this Court that the University is stressed due to non-availability of fund and if it is true, the Vice Chancellor and the Registrar of the University should personally approach the Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education Department, Government of Bihar, who will at least ensure disbursal of fund, which is required by the University for the payment to be made to the petitioner.

6. With the above observation/direction, the present writ petition is allowed.

(Purnendu Singh, J) chn/- U