Md. Shamim Vs Mr. Dr. S. Sidharth, the State of Bihar through its Additional Chief Secretary — Patna HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Md. Shamim Vs Mr. Dr. S. Sidharth, the State of Bihar through its Additional Chief Secretary — Patna HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Contempt petition closed after confirmation of payment of all retiral benefits, commutation of pension and arrears to the petitioner; the Court noted the P.P.O. rectification completed at the Accountant General's level and expected the Treasury Officer to make the necessary payment of the revised pension fixed at Rs.42,550/- per fresh P.P.O.

Issue for consideration

Whether all retiral benefits, commutation of pension and arrears due to the petitioner stand paid, satisfying the order-compliance sought in the contempt proceedings. +1 more

Court's answer

Having considered the submissions advanced and the materials available on record, the Court took note of the averment in opposite party no.4's supplementary show-cause affidavit that all admissible dues had been paid to the petitioner.

Ratio / Principle

Rectification of the P.P.O. stands completed at the level of the Accountant General, Bihar, Patna, and the necessary payment is now to be made at the level of the Treasury Officer.

Key takeaways

The Court recorded its expectation that the Treasury Officer shall likewise make the necessary payment.ratio¶28
The contempt petition stands closed.ratio¶29

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

CONTEMPT PROCEEDINGS — COMPLIANCE WITH ORDER; RETIRAL DUES PAID; PETITION CLOSED. In Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.175 of 2025 arising in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1608 of 2024 (Patna High Court, Harish Kumar, J., oral judgment dated 14-11-2025), the supplementary show-cause affidavit of opposite party no.4 (District Programme Officer (Establishment), Education Department, Aurangabad), filed in compliance with the Court's order, categorically stated that all retiral benefits and commutation of pension had been paid to the petitioner, Md. Shamim; the arrears of pension were paid pursuant to Memo No. 896 dated 14.10.2025 issued by the Accountant General, Bihar, Patna after due verification, in response to Memo No. 220 dated 10.09.2025 forwarded by the Treasury Officer, Aurangabad. With the earlier Pension Payment Order rectified and a fresh P.P.O. issued fixing the pension at Rs.42,550/-, the Court took note that all admissible dues stood paid, that the P.P.O. rectification had been done at the level of the Accountant General, Bihar, Patna, that the necessary payment was now to be made at the level of the Treasury Officer, and expected that the same shall also be done. The contempt petition stands closed.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.175 of 2025

In

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1608 of 2024

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Md. Shamim, Son of Mohammad Sharif, Resident of MohallahQumaranganj, Ward No. 39, House No. 26, Police Station- Dehri, District Rohtas at Sasaram, Bihar.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

Mr. Dr. S. Sidharth, the State of Bihar through its Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department, New Secretariat, Patna

Mr. Yogendra Singh, the Director, Secondary Education, Education Department, Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna

Md. Alim, the District Education Officer, Education Department, Aurangabad, Bihar

Sri Vidhya Sagar Singh, the District Programme Officer (Establishment), Education Department, Aurangabad, Bihar

Mr. Devendra Kumar Singh, Rajkiyakrit (Nationalized) Keshaw High School, Son Nagar, Barun, Aurangabad through its In-charge Headmaster

Mr. Devendra Kumar Singh, the In-charge Headmaster, Rajkiyakrit (Nationalized) Keshaw High School, Son Nagar, Barun, Aurangabad

Mr. Vishal Bansal, the Accountant General, Bihar, Veer Chand Patel Path, Patna.

... ... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Manoj Priyadarshi, Sr. Advocate Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, Advocate For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Subhash Prasad Singh, GA- 3 Mr. Dilip Kumar, AC to GA- 3

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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL JUDGMENT Date : 14-11-2025

Heard Mr. Manoj Priyadarshi, learned Senior

Advocate for the petitioner and Mr. Dilip Kumar, learned Advocate for the State.

In compliance with the order of this Court, a supplementary show-cause affidavit has been filed on behalf of

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opposite party no.4. It is categorically stated that all the retiral benefits as well as commutation of pension have been paid to the petitioner. It has also been informed that the Treasury Officer, Aurangabad had forwarded Memo No. 220 dated 10.09.2025 to the office of the Accountant General, Bihar, Patna and in response thereto the Accountant General, Bihar, Patna after due verification issued Memo No. 896 dated 14.10.2025; in pursuant to which the arrears of pension has also been paid to the petitioner.

Learned Senior Advocate for the petitioner, at this stage, submits that because of some discrepancies, the earlier Pension Payment Order has been rectified and a fresh Pension Payment Order has been issued by the office of Accountant General, Bihar, Patna and the pension of the petitioner has been fixed to the tune of Rs.42,550/-, however, the petitioner is not getting the revised pension from the Treasury Officer.

Having considered the submissions advanced by the learned Advocate for the parties and taking note of the materials available on record, especially the averments made in the supplementary show-cause affidavit filed on behalf of opposite party no.4 to the extent that all the admissible due

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amount has been paid to the petitioner. So far the rectification of P.P.O. is concerned, the same has also been done at the level of

the Accountant General, Bihar, Patna, and now necessary payment is to be made at the level of the Treasury Officer.

It is expected that the same shall also be done.

The contempt petition stands closed.

(Harish Kumar, J)

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