Dr. Gangadhar Jha And ANR v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.19750 of 2016 ======================================================

1. Dr. Gangadhar Jha, son of Late Narsingh Jha, resident of Village & PO- Sudai Ratauli, Police Station- Phulparas, DistrictMadhubani.

2. Sunita Mishra, S/o Late Gangadhar Jha, resident of Flat No.204, Vasundhara Regency, Nageshwar Colony, Patna- 800001. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar.

2. Principal Secretary, Education Department, Government of Bihar, Patna.

3. Lalit Narayan Mithila University its Registrar, Kameshwarnagar, Darbhanga.

4. Vice Chancellor, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga.

5. Registrar, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga.

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

7. Principal, M.L.S.M. College, Darbhanga.

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

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Gyanand Roy For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Ashutosh Ranjan Pandey- AAG15 For the LNMU :

Mr. Jawed Jaffar Kha ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY ORAL ORDER 19-03-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State as well as University. From Annexure-9/1 and 9/2, it appears that the petitioners have represented before the Vice-Chancellor, LNM University for payment of U.G.C. scale of pay of the period July 1988 to December,2005 at the old rate and for the period April 2010 to February 2015 at the new rate. The pay verification cell of the Government of Bihar in the Education Department has verified the entitlement of the petitioners yet the petitioners have not

Patna High Court CWJC No.19750 of 2016(2) dt.19-03-2018 2/2 been paid the benefit as fixed by the pay verification cell. The representations of the petitioners in this regard contained in Annexure-9/1 and 9/2 are pending since 18.11.2016. Under the aforesaid circumstances, the Vice-Chancellor is directed to take final decision on the representations contained in Annexure-9/1 and 9/2 within a period of sixty days from the date of receipt/production of a copy of the order. The ViceChancellor is also required to fix accountability on the erring offices for delay in payment of monetary benefit arising out of the pay fixation verification cell of the State Government. The monetary benefit admissible to the petitioners must be paid within a maximum period of sixty days from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order.

In the event of delay in making the payment, the University shall fix accountability on the erring officers and pay interest @ 9 pr cent per annum from the date of accrual to the date of actual payment.

With the aforesaid, the writ application stands disposed of. (Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J) Ravi/- U