Patna High CourtL.P.A/47/2015disposed

Raghu Nandan Sah v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

2017-11-08The Chief Justice,Mr. Justice Dr. Anil Kumar Upadhyay2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Letters Patent Appeal No.47 of 2015 In Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.24494 of 2013 ====================================================== Raghu Nandan Sah S/o Late Moti Sah, R/o Village+ P.O. - Parsarma, P.S. Supaul, District - Supaul ... ... Appellant/s

Versus

1. The Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited through its Chairman cum Managing Director, Baily Road, Patna, District - Patna

2. The Managing Director, North Bihar Power Distribution Company Ltd. District - Saharsa

3. The D.G.M. Koshi Electricity Supply Area Saharsa, District - Saharsa

4. The Electrical Superintendent Engineer Electric Supply Circle Supaul, District - Saharsa

5. The Electrical Executive Engineer Electric Supply Division Supaul, District - Saharsa

6. The Accounts Officer Electric Supply Circle District - Saharsa

7. The Accounts Officer Electric Supply Division, District - Saharsa

8. Sr. Manager (F& A) Koshi Electric Supply Area, District - Saharsa ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Appellant/s :

Mr. Gajendra Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mrs. Archana Sinha, Advocate.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY ORAL JUDGMENT (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) Date : 08-11-2017 From the counter affidavit filed by the respondents, we find that the North Bihar Power Distribution Company has settled the claim of the appellant and statutory interest in accordance to the scheme has been paid with regard to G.P.F. and General Insurance Scheme.

The claim of the appellant for grant of interest at the rate of 16 per cent per annum cannot be allowed as the

Patna High Court LPA No.47 of 2015 dt.08-11-2017 2/2 amount in question is governed by statutory scheme and the interest is also fixed by the statute.

As the payment of G.P.F. and G.S.S. has been done along with interest as per the statute, no further indulgence into the matter is called for as the claim of the appellant has been settled in accordance with law. In case the appellant has any grievance with regard to calculation of the interest or the period for which the interest has been calculated, he may represent to the competent authority and the competent authority may consider the same.

With the aforesaid, the Letters Patent Appeal stands disposed of.

(Rajendra Menon, CJ) (Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J) P.K.P.

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