Chandeshwar Sah v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.9710 of 2021 ====================================================== Chandeshwar Sah Son of Late Premlal Sah, Resident of Village - Rahimabad, Police Station- N.H. Bangra, District - Samastipur. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through Commissioner-Cum-Secretary Human Resources Department (Higher Education) Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2.

Director Higher Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3.

The Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga through its Registrar.

4.

The Vice-Chancellor, Lalit Narayan Mithila University Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga.

5.

The Finance Officer, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga.

6.

The Principal, Dr. L.K.V.D, College, Tajpur, Samastipur. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Ranjan Kumar, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Binita Singh (SC-28) Mr. Navjot Yeshu, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 01-05-2023 Heard Mr. Ranjan Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, Mrs. Navjot Yeshu, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the University and Mr. Binita Singh, learned SC-28 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

Patna High Court CWJC No.9710 of 2021(5) dt.01-05-2023 2/2 by the Registrar of the University.

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/- U