ORAL JUDGMENT

Date : 13-07-2023 Heard Mr. Kripa Nand Jha, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Jai Prabhat Kishore, learned AC to SC 13 for the State.

2. The petitioner has filed the writ petition for the following reliefs:-

“(i) For issuance of an appropriate direction, order or writ in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to pay the pension, gratuity, provident fund, earned leave etc. of the petitioner including the benefits of ACP, MACP, differences of 7 Pay Scale including 10% interest over the entire due amount from the date it is due till the date of its actual payment.

(ii) For holding and declaring that the respondent cannot withheld the benefit of retiral dues of petitioner for a single day after his retirement specially keeping in view that the other teachers of the different Up-Shastri Sanskrit colleges have been paid their entire retiral dues and thus the similar benefit allowed to a similarly situated person cannot be denied to other similarly situated person which is even otherwise contrary to the Bihar State Litigation Policy, 2011.

(iii) For any other relief/reliefs to which the petitioner may be found entitled to in the facts and