Gauri Shankar Pradhan v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.988 of 2023 ====================================================== Gauri Shankar Pradhan Son of Late Shiva Pradhan Resident of 9/10, Lane-2, Kasturba Path, Boring Road, P.S.- North S.K. Puri, P.O.- Patliputra, DistrictPatna - 80013 (Bihar). ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Education, Government of Bihar, Patna.

2.

The Director, Higher Education, Department of Education, Government of Bihar, Patna.

3.

The Vice Chancellor, Veer Kunwar Singh University, Ara, Bihar. 4.

The Registrar, Veer Kunwar Singh University, Ara, Bihar. 5.

The Finance Officer, Veer Kunwar Singh University, Ara, Bihar. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Brahmanand Pandey, Advocate For the University :

Mrs. Nutan Sahay, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Kameshwar Kumar ( G- 17 ) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL JUDGMENT Date : 26-04-2023 Heard Mr. Brahmanand, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, Mrs. Nutan Sahay, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the University and Mr. Kameshwar Kumar, learned GP-17 for the State.

2. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner informs this Court that the petitioner has already represented before the authority concerned and the claim of the petitioner has been forwarded by the Principal of the concerned college and the only delay in making payment is being caused by the Registrar of the University.

Patna High Court CWJC No.988 of 2023 dt.26-04-2023 2/2

3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the University informs this Court that immediate steps 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) Niraj/- AFR/NAFR N.A.F.R.

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