Vikram Prasad Singh v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.2809 of 2017 ======================================================

1. Vikram Prasad Singh Son of Late Haricharan Prasad @ Haricharan Prasad Singh Resident of Village - Kachaut, Post Office - Salkahua Bazar, Police Station - Salakhua, District - Saharsa. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through its Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.

2. The Commissioner, Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna Secretariat, P.S. - Bailey Road, District - Patna.

3. The Accountant General, Beer Chand Patel Path, Patna, P.S. - R - Block, District - Patna.

4. The Chief Engineer, Koshi Canal, Kosi Canal Circle (Motipur camp), Motipur District - Muzaffarpur

5. The Collector, P.S. + District - Muzaffarpur.

6. The Superintending Engineer, Koshi Canal Circle, P.S. + District - Muzaffarpur.

7. The Executive Engineer, West Koshi Canal Division No. 2 Jainagar at present Tirhut Division, Motipur Camp PS & District Muzaffarpur. .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Mallika Mazumdar, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Mr. Vikash Kumar- Sc11 For Acct. General : Mr. L.K.P. Rajgrihar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY ORAL ORDER 21-07-2017 Heard learned counsel for the parties.

The grievance of the petitioner in the instant writ application is for a direction to respondents to pay revise pension

Patna High Court CWJC No.2809 of 2017 (2) dt.21-07-2017 2/3 as per circular No. 50F dated 15.6.2016.

A counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of the respondent No. 7 and in para-9 statement has been made that the representation of the petitioner has been duly considered by the Executive Engineer, Tirhut Canal Division Motipur, Camp at Muzaffarpur and he has written to the office of the Accountant General vide letter dated 5.4.2017 and request has been made to revise the pension in accordance with the circular dated 15.6.2016. In view of the statements made in para-9 of the counter affidavit needful is required to be done at the level of the Accountant General.

In para-10 of the counter affidavit it has been stated that all the relevant papers in this regard have also been sent to the office of the Accountant General, Bihar.

In the circumstances, the writ application is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No. 3 to take appropriate decision with regard to revision of pension of the petitioner in the light of the circular No. 50F date 15.6.2016. Since the petitioner retired in the year 2009, the office of the Accountant General, Bihar is expected to take appropriate step at the earliest preferably within three months. It is needless to say that all the monetary benefits

Patna High Court CWJC No.2809 of 2017 (2) dt.21-07-2017 3/3 arising out of such revision should be paid to the petitioner within a further period of three months from the date of final decision at the level of the office of the Accountant General, Bihar. With the aforesaid observations and directions the writ application stands disposed of.

(Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J) S.Pandey/- U