IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.61 of 2025 ====================================================== Anand Kishore Mishra son of late Narwadeshwar Mishra resident of Village- Narayanpur, P.S.-Ramnagar, District-West Champaran, Bettia ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Additional Chief Secretary, Rural Works Department, Bihar Patna 3. The Director, Provident Fund, Department of Finance, Bihar Patna 4. The Assistant Director, Provident Fund, Department of Finance, Bihar Patna 5. The Accountant General (A and E), Bihar, Veer Chand Patel Path, Patna ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Prabhu Nath Pathak, Advocate For the State : Mr. Standing Counsel (18) For the AG, Bihar : Mrs. Nivedita Nirvikar, Sr. Advocate Mr. Amarshakti, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 7 18-08-2026 Heard learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. 2. The petitioner in paragraph no. 1 of the present writ petition has sought, inter alia, the following relief(s), which is reproduced hereinafter:- “That by this application, the petitioner is invoking the writ jurisdiction of this Hon’ble Court in the nature of writ of mandamus for directing the respondents to make payment of following retiral benefit which has been withheld without rhyme and reason:- (I) Pension and gratuity (ii) Provident Fund (iii) Leave Encashment against earned leave of 300 days (iv) Amount against general insurance (GIC)” 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Patna High Court CWJC No.61 of 2025(7) dt.18-08-2026 2/2 petitioner informs that already authority for payment of provisional pension has been sent to the Accountant General, Bihar on 15.07.2026 and thereafter, the Accountant General, detected certain discrepancies, particularly with regard to the last pay drawn, as the same had been calculated without applying the pay scale in which the petitioner was being paid his salary. 4. Considering the aforesaid submissions made on behalf of the petitioner, the Additional Secretary, Rural Works Department, Government of Bihar is required to send a reply to all the query made by the Accountant General, Bihar office, so that final payment of pension and other retiral dues to which the petitioner is entitled in accordance with law may be paid to the petitioner well within a period of six weeks from the date of communication of this order. 5. The writ petition stands disposed of. Sanjay/- (Purnendu Singh, J) U