Parmeshwar Prasad Vs The Commissioner-cum-Chief Executive Officer — Patna HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Parmeshwar Prasad Vs The Commissioner-cum-Chief Executive Officer — Patna HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

No affirmative relief adjudicated; writ petition closed on the Court's finding that the substantive grievance stood redressed, with liberty reserved to the petitioner to raise any other unredressed grievance.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, a retiree of the Patna Municipal Corporation, was entitled to a direction for payment of his entire retiral dues (arrears of ACP differences, pay differences, 6th Pay revision, D.A. differences, pay anomaly and revised pension differences, totalling Rs. 9,94,620/-) together with penal interest @ 18% per annum from his retirement on 31.07.2014.

Court's answer

Considering the submissions of the respondents' counsel and the averments in the counter affidavit of the Patna Municipal Corporation, the Court found that the substantive grievance of the petitioner had been redressed, and accordingly closed the writ petition.

Ratio / Principle

Closure of the writ petition would not come in the way of the petitioner if he intends to raise any other grievance which has not been redressed till date.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Patna High Court, CWJC No. 20217 of 2021 (oral judgment, Harish Kumar, J., 30-06-2026): Parmeshwar Prasad, a retiree of the Patna Municipal Corporation, prayed for a direction to pay retiral dues totalling Rs. 9,94,620/- (ACP arrears, pay differences, 6th Pay revision arrears, D.A. differences, pay anomaly and revised pension differences) plus penal interest @ 18% per annum from retirement on 31.07.2014. Respondents' counsel (Mr. Prasoon Sinha, Sr. Adv.) drew attention to the counter affidavit submitting that all outstanding admissible dues had been paid and credited through RTGS vide Letter No. 15576 dated 22.11.2025, and that arrears of difference under the Assured Career Progression Scheme were not admissible per the direction of the Urban Development and Housing Department, Government of Bihar, in Letter No. 707 dated 14.06.2024. Finding the substantive grievance redressed, the Court closed the writ petition, reserving the petitioner's liberty to raise any other unredressed grievance. No statute or precedent was cited; the prayer for 18% penal interest was not separately addressed.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.20217 of 2021

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Parmeshwar Prasad Son of Late Suraj Prasad, Resident of Veena Bhawan, Vijay Nagar, Near Shiv Mandir, P.S.-Rupaspur, District-Patna.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

The Commissioner-cum-Chief Executive Officer, Patna Municipal Corporation, Maurya Lok, Patna-1.

The Addl. Commissioner (Estt.), P.M.C., Maurya Lok, Patna-1.

The Controller of Municipal Finance and Accounts, P.M.C., Maurya Lok, Patna-1.

The Selectional Officer (Estt.), P.M.C., Maurya Lok, Patna-1.

... ... Respondent/s

====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mr. Prasoon Sinha, Sr. Adv. ======================================================

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL JUDGMENT Date : 30-06-2026

Heard the parties.

The petitioner has preferred the present writ

petition for the following reliefs:-

“(i) To direct the respondent No. 1 Municipal Commissioner, Patna to pay the entire retiral dues i.e.

a. Arrear of differences of A.C.P. from 09.08.1999 to 31.03.2010 amounting Rs. 4,47,673/=

b. Arrear of pay differences from 01.11.2004 to 31.08.2006 amounting Rs. 24,379/-

c. Arrear of 6^th Pay revision (01.04.2010 to Nov. 2010) amounting Rs. 1,18,589/-

d. Arrear of D.A. differences from 01.07.2010 to 31.07.2014 amounting Rs. 98235/-.

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e. Arrear of pay annomally from 01.02.2007 to 31.03.2010 amounting Rs. 2,16,057/-

f. Arrear of D.A. differences of pension from 01.07.2018 to 30.04.2019 amounting Rs. 11,200/-.

g. Arrear of D.A. differences of pension from 01.07.2016 to 31.08.2018 amounting Rs. 17,657/-.

h. Arrear of revised pension differences from 01.04.2018 to 31.01.2019 amounting Rs. 60,830/-.

Total admitted dues amounting Rs. 9,94,620/- And revised pension.

(ii) To direct the respondent No. 1 to pay penal interest @ 18% per annum from the date of retirement i.e. 31.07.2014 dues to delay payment while others who have been retired on 31.12.2019 have been paid.”

Mr. Prasoon Sinha, learned Senior Advocate

appears on behalf of the Patna Municipal Corporation drew the attention of this Court to the counter affidavit and submitted that all the outstanding admissible dues have been paid to the petitioner and credited in his account through RTGS, as is reflected vide Letter No. 15576 dated 22.11.2025. So far the payment of arrears of difference on account of Assured Career Progression Scheme is concerned, the same is not admissible, in view of the direction issued by the Urban Development and Housing Department, Government of Bihar, Patna as contained in Letter No. 707 dated 14.06.2024.

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Considering the aforenoted submissions and the averments made in the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the Patna Municipal Corporation, this Court finds that the substantive grievance of the petitioner has been redressed. Accordingly, the writ petition stands closed.

However, closure of the writ petition would not come in the way of the petitioner, if he intends to raise any other grievance, which has not been redressed till date.

(Harish Kumar, J)

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