Hemant Kumar Pandey v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Post-retiral benefits / retiral dues not paid after retirement on 31.12.2021; representation filed, unanswered; no departmental or criminal proceeding pending; Court (single Judge, Dr. S.N. Pathak, Jharkhand High Court, W.P.(S) No. 54 of 2024, 15.03.2024) disposed of the writ petition without entering merits, directing respondents (State of Jharkhand; Principal Secretary, Agriculture/Animal Husbandry/Cooperative Dept.; Jharkhand State Cooperative Bank Ltd.; its CEO) to consider the representation, pass a reasoned order, release admitted dues within four weeks, release entire benefits within further eight weeks if no legal impediment after ample opportunity of hearing, and communicate a reasoned order within further two weeks for any non-payable amount. Keywords: retiral benefits, post-retirement dues, representation, reasoned order, four weeks, eight weeks, two weeks, opportunity of hearing, disposed of, merits not entered.