Binod Kumar Singh v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13464 of 2021 ====================================================== Binod Kumar Singh Son of Late Birendra Narayan Singh Resident of Mohalla-Jaipalpatti, Ward No.-14, Police Station-Madhepura, DistrictMadhepura. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Education Department, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna.

2.

The Principal Secretary, Education Department, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna.

3.

The Director Higher Education, Education Department, Government of BIhar, New Secretariat, Patna.

4.

Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University thorugh its Registrar, Madhepura, Bihar.

5.

The Vice Chancellor, Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University, Madhepura, Bihar.

6.

The Registrar, Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University, Madhepura, Bihar. 7.

The Finance Officer, Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University, Madhepura, Bihar.

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Prabhat Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Prabhakar Jha (GP27) For the University :

Mr. Ritesh Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 01-05-2023 Heard Mr. Prabhat Kumar Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, Mr. Ritesh Kumar, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the University and Mr.

Patna High Court CWJC No.13464 of 2021(4) dt.01-05-2023 2/3 Prabhakar Jha, learned GP-27 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.

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

Patna High Court CWJC No.13464 of 2021(4) dt.01-05-2023 3/3 payment to be made to the petitioner.

6. In case, the order is not complied with, the petitioner may file a contempt petition before this Court for willful non-compliance of the order.

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

(Purnendu Singh, J) Niraj/- U