IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7670 of 2026 ====================================================== Ram Bilash Prasad Son of Sukhdeo Prasad, Resident of village- Janhaul, P.S.- Sirdala, District- Nawada. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Panchayati Raj, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Nawada. 4. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Nawada. 5. The Block Development Commissioner, Meskor, Nawada. 6. The Treasury Officer, Nawada. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Pramod Kumar Verma, Advocate For the State : Mr. Shankar Kumar Thakur, AC to G.P- (27) For the A.G. : Mr. Raj Nandan Prasad, Advocate Mr. Vishesh Kumar Singh, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER 4 18-08-2026 Heard Mr. Pramod Kumar Verma, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner; Mr. Shankar Kumar Thakur, learned AC to GP-27 for the State and Mr. Raj Nandan Prasad, learned counsel for the Accountant General, Bihar. 2. The petitioner in paragraph no. 1 of the present writ petition has sought, inter alia, the following relief(s), which are reproduced hereinafter:- "(I) To issue a writ on the nature of mandamus order/orders, direction/directions commanding the respondents for the following:- (II) To direct the respondents to release the retiral dues in favour of the petitioner has been retired as a Panchayat Sevak on 3.12.2015. Patna High Court CWJC No.7670 of 2026(4) dt.18-08-2026 2/3 (III) To direct the respondents to pay the retiral dues to the petitioner with interest. (IV) To direct the respondents to pay the entire legal retiral dues and other consequential benefit to the petitioner as early as possible. (V) Any other relief or reliefs for which the petitioner is entitled in the facts and circumstances of the case." 3. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that the petitioner was appointed on 05.05.2024 and after attaining the age of superannuation, he had retired on 31.12.2015 from the post of Panchayat Secretary, so he remain in service for more than 10 years and becomes entitle for pension. He further submitted that petitioner seeks to file detailed representation giving details about his service particulars, before the District Magistrate, Nawada. 4. Mr. Shankar Kumar Thakur, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State informs that before the State could give reply to the query made by the Accountant General, Bihar, the petitioner has filed the present writ petition. He submitted that the State is under obligation to give reply to the information sought by the Accountant General, Bihar. In this background, he submitted that the present writ petition being pre-mature is fit to be dismissed. 5. The District Magistrate, Nawada is directed to call for the service particulars relating to the petitioner forthwith Patna High Court CWJC No.7670 of 2026(4) dt.18-08-2026 3/3 from the Block Development Officer, Akbarpur, Nawada and after verifying, forthwith reply to the Accountant General, Bihar about the status of the petitioner, whether, he is entitled for pension and, in case, not, then he must provide opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and dispose of the representation filed on behalf of the petitioner by passing a reasoned order, in accordance with law, well within a period of three weeks. 6. The Block Development Officer, Akbarpur, Nawada, is directed to place all the service records relating to the petitioner before the District Magistrate, Nawada today so that the action can be taken by the District Magistrate well within a period of three weeks. 7. As the order has been passed in the open Court, it is expected from Mr. Thakur, learned counsel for the State to inform the Block Development Officer today even without waiting for pronouncement of this order. 8. Accordingly, the present writ petition stands disposed of. Niraj/- (Purnendu Singh, J) U