Chhote Lal Prasad v. Wife of not Known, Acting authority Finance (P.C.C.) Department
Case brief
What is this about?
Patna High Court, M.J.C. (contempt) No. 4381 of 2018 in L.P.A. No. 2285 of 2016; Chhote Lal Prasad, retired Executive Engineer, R.C.D., Bihar versus State of Bihar (Finance P.C.C. Department; Mithilesh Kumar Singh, Deputy Secretary). Interest on settlement of retirement dues; monetary benefits; third-party proceedings; compliance with order of the Court; contempt proceedings dropped; liberty to file detailed representation to concerned authority; consideration within three months; P.K. Shahi, Advocate General; Jitendra Kumar, A.C. to Ex-AAG-II; bench P.B. Bajanthri and S.B. Pd. Singh, JJ.; decided 21-10-2024.
What did the court decide?
Proceedings of the M.J.C./contempt petition dropped; petitioner left at liberty, if entitled to interest on settlement of dues, to submit a detailed representation to the concerned authority, which is to consider it and pass an appropriate order within three months of receipt.