Dr. Arun Chandra Jha v. The State Of Bihar

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.21710 of 2019 ====================================================== Dr. Arun Chandra Jha, son of Dr. Devendra Jha, resident of Mohalla- Bhup Narayan Singh Colony, P.S.- Madhubani Town, Distt.- Madhubani ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar through the Secretary, Education Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2.

The Vice Chancellor Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga 3.

The Registrar, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga 4.

The Principal, Bharti Mandan College, Rahika, Distt.- Madhubani ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Manoj Kumar Jha, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Jitendra Kr. Roy 1 (SC-13) ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 21-01-2020 The petitioner, who superannuated from the post of Associate Professor from Bharati Mandal College, Rahika, Madhubani, a constituent college of L.N. Mithila University, Darbhanga, has approached this Court for a direction to the respondents for payment of difference of dearness allowance and house rent allowance from 01.01.2006 to March, 2010, amounting to Rs. 6,64,605/- as well as interest at the rate of 12.5% as has been granted to similarly situated persons with

Patna High Court CWJC No.21710 of 2019(2) dt.21-01-2020 2/3 respect to group insurance.

The Principal of the college has also sent a requisition for payment of such dues to the University but the same has not been acted upon.

The petitioner's representation before the Registrar of the University has also fallen on deaf ears. The learned counsel for the petitioner has shown to this Court an order passed on 19.08.2019 in C.W.J.C. No. 16648 of 2019 wherein a Bench of this Court has directed that in cases of superannuated employees, the respondent University and the State are required to take appropriate decision with regard to payment of interest on belated payment of group insurance and other dues and if others have been paid house rent allowance and dearness allowance in terms of revised scale of UGC, there is no reason for the petitioner to be denied the same.

Let necessary decision in this regard be taken by the respondents within a period of three months from

Patna High Court CWJC No.21710 of 2019(2) dt.21-01-2020 3/3 the date of production of a copy of this order. It would be appropriate if the petitioner is also apprised of the decision made in this regard.

The writ petition stands disposed off with the aforesaid observation/direction.

(Ashutosh Kumar, J) Shageer/- U