Upendra Safi v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11395 of 2018 ====================================================== Upendra Safi, Son of late Ramji Safi, resident of village- Pandol, P.S.-Pandol, District- Madhubani.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary.

2. The Principal Secretary, Planning and Development Department, Bihar, Patna.

3. The Accountant General, Bihar, Virchand Patel Path, Patna.

4. The Executive Engineer, works Division-1, Local Area Engineering Organization, Bhagalpur.

5. The Executive Engineer, Road Division, Road construction Department. ... ... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Prabhu Nath Pathak, Advocate For the State :

Mr. AAG-4 Mr. Deepak Sahay, A.C. to A.A.G.-4 For the Accountant General :

Mr. Chaitanya Swaroop, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SHIVAJI PANDEY ORAL ORDER 03-10-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for the Accountant General.

Learned counsel for the petitioner is permitted to make necessary correction in the cause title of this writ petition. In this case, the petitioner is only seeking relief that work has already been executed and the money which was given as an advance has been adjusted and he has already furnished the details of accounts, but the same has not been recorded or mentioned in the proper head.

Patna High Court CWJC No.11395 of 2018(2) dt.03-10-2018 2/3 The petitioner was working as Assistant Engineer in the P.L. Account of Local Area Engineering Organization. He was given an advance of Rs.23,88,606/- for carrying out the development under the heading of Mukhyamantri Area Development scheme under head no. 4070 and according to submission of the petitioner he has completed the work and has also furnished the details of accounts which was to be mentioned in the head no. 4070, but by that time that head was closed and it has to be adjusted in the P.L. account of the Bihar Local Area Development Agency, which has not been done by the competent authority, resulted into deprivation of salary from September, 2016 to March, 2018, which caused immense loss to the petitioner.

Let the petitioner file a detailed representation before the Principal Secretary, Planning and Development Department, Bihar, Patna along with the details of the expenses incurred in execution of the scheme. If such a representation is filed, the Principal Secretary, Planning and Develo0pment Department, Bihar, Patna, will look into the matter and if it is found that the advance money which was given to the petitioner has been explained by him, in such circumstance, necessary order will be passed by him for the proper adjustment of expenses incurred.

Patna High Court CWJC No.11395 of 2018(2) dt.03-10-2018 3/3 All actions should be completed within a period of four months from the date of filing of representation by the petitioner. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this writ petition is disposed of.

(Shivaji Pandey, J) pawan/- U