1. The petitioner had believed, and not without reason, that he had paid off the consideration (i.e., the value of the house along with interest for delayed payment) of the house allotted to him as back as in October, 1982, and the delay in execution and registration of the transfer deeds was due to the slothful ways of the Bihar State Housing Board. But the Housing Board on the basis of a policy decision taken much later and by adopting a different mode of computation of interest makes further demands from the petitioner. The Board maintains that according to its books of account, the petitioner was liable to pay a sum of Rs. 01,67,528/-, as on 30.9.1996 and as a result of accumulation of interest during the pendency of this litigation the Boards demand has swelled up to a sum of Rs. 03,91,679.00 paise, as on 31.12.2002.

2. When the controversy first cropped up in the year 1996, the petitioner came to this Court in C.W.J.C. No. 8906 of 1996, challenging the Boards demand for a further payment of Rs. 01,84,267/- towards the price of the house allotted to him. At that stage this Court did not intervene in the matter. It was noticed that in pursuance of a direction by a Bench