S.J. Mukhopadhaya, J.

1. The petitioners of all the abovementioned writ petitions were in the service of the erstwhile Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna (hereinafter to be referred as 'Erstwhile State Electricity Board1). They retired prior to creation of Jharkhand State Electricity Board, Ranchi (hereinafter to be referred as (J.S.E.B.) and present Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna (hereinafter to be referred as 'B.S.E.B.') i.e. prior to 1st April, 2001. They had been getting their pensions after retirement but after the creation of the said separate Board i.e. J.S.E.B. and 'B.S.E.B., payments or pensions have been suddenly stopped since June, 2005. The two Boards are now passing buck on one another for the financial liability to be born in paying previous and other dues of the petitioners. However, both the Board have admitted that the petitioners are entitled to get pension and other benefits as they are retired employees of the erstwhile State Electricity Board. The only dispute is regarding liability of payments of the dues and pensions of the petitioners, which they respectively deny and which ultimately culminated into the stoppage of pension of the petitioners lea