IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.18698 of 2024 ====================================================== Nand Kumar Srivastav, S/o Late Bal Mukund Lal, Resident of Bhabua Rampur Colony, Ward No.1, P.O. and P.S.-Bhabua, District-Kaimur (Bhabua). ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department, Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, District-Kaimur (Bhabua). 4. The Additional Collector, Kaimur (Bhabua) 5. The District Panchayat Raj Officer, Kaimur (Bhabua). 6. The Block Development Officer, Block-Nuawon, District-Kaimur (Bhabua). 7. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pradhan Murli Manohar Prasad, Adv. Mr. Abhash, Adv. Mr. Raju Kumar, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mrs. Nivedita Nirvikar, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pravin Kumar, Adv. For the State : Mr. Ramadhar Singh, G.P.-25 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER 2 31-07-2025 Heard the parties. 2. The petitioner has approached this Court for the following reliefs:- (i) To issue an appropriate writ/s, order/s or direction/s including a writ preferably in the nature of Mandamus commanding and directing the respondent authorities to grant the petitioner monetary benefit of pension, earn leave, gratuity, G.P.F and other retrial benefit, arrear of salary, ACP. Patna High Court CWJC No.18698 of 2024(2) dt.31-07-2025 2/2 (ii) To direct the respondent authority to make the payment with the penal Interest @ 18% per annum from the date of due till the date of actual payment. (iii) To any other relief/s to which the petitioner may be found entitled in the facts and circumstances of the case. 3. Learned Advocate for the petitioner at the outset, submits that notwithstanding his superannuation long back on 30.11.2020, he has not been accorded his admissible retiral benefits and dues, for which the petitioner has also approached before the authority concerned by filing a representation. 4. Considering the submissions advanced by learned Advocate for the petitioner as also the stand of the State, the present writ petition stands disposed off with a direction to the District Magistrate, Kaimur at Bhabua to consider the grievance of the petitioner and ensure payment of all the admissible retiral benefits/dues, preferably within a period of 3 weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. supratim/- (Harish Kumar, J) U