Praveen Kumar Jha v. The State Of Bihar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.9839 of 2022 ====================================================== Praveen Kumar Jha Son of Sarun Chandra Jha, Resident of Near Polytechnic College, Hatiya Gachhi, Ward No. 32, P.O. and P.S. Saharsa, DistrictSaharsa, the retired University Professor, Post Graduate Psychology Department, Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University, Madhepura. ... ... Petitioner
Versus
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The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2.
The Principal Secretary, Education Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.
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The Director Higher Education, Education Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.
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The Vice Chancellor, Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University, Laloo Nagar, Madhepura.
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The Registrar, Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University, Laloo Nagar, Madhepura.
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The Finance Officer, Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University, Laloo Nagar, Madhepura.
... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s :
Mr. Vijay Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s :
Smt. Binita Singh, SC-28 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL JUDGMENT Date : 26-04-2023 Heard Mr. Vijay Kumar Singh, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Smt. 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.9839 of 2022 dt.26-04-2023 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.
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