TARA NAND SINGH TARUN Vs. STATE OF BIHAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD learned counsel for the appellant and the State Mr. S.K. Dutta (S.C.4). Mr. Dutta was asked to assist the court at the time of disposal of the appeal.

(2.) THE appeal has been filed against the order dated 24.4.2003 passed by the learned single judge whereby the prayer of the appellant to pay salary from April 1982 to March 1996 has been rejected and a direction has been issued to initiate a proceeding under rule 139 of the Bihar Pension Rules. It appears that for the same relief the appellant had come earlier to this court in CWJC No. 5182 of 1998 and this court directed the concerned authority to consider the representation on being filed by the petitioner -appellant. Thereafter, the petitoner -appellant filed a representation and on that representation an order has been passed by the Director, Primary Education, wherein it has been found that the petitioner -appellant was absent from 1984 to 96. However, that period was treated to be as extraordinary leaves.

(3.) ADMITTEDLY , the appellant has retired. The State has not taken any action and on the other hand has treated the period of absent as extraordinary leaves. In our view, it was not a case where a direction was required to initiate a proceeding under rule 139 of the Bihar Pension Rules and, accordingly, that direction is set aside.