RAMESHWAR PRASAD Vs. JHARKHAND STATE ELECTRICITY BOARD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) PETITIONER has prayed for quashing the letter No, 1697 dated 3.6.2004 (Annexure -3) passed by the respondent No. 2 fixing the pension of the petitioner on the basis of Rs. 9670/ - as last pay drawn instead of Rs. 10120/ -.

(2.) PETITIONER 's case is that he retired on 31.10.2000 as Accounts Assistant. He moved this Court, vide WP (S) No. 2298/03, for fixation of his pension on the basis of last pay drawn by him, which was disposed of on 25.9.2003 with a liberty to him to approach respondent No. 2 who, in turn, would enquire into the matter and determine as to whether pension of the petitioner was properly fixed, taking into consideration the last pay drawn by him or not (Annexure -1). He accordingly made representation. Petitioner's claim has been rejected by the impugned order dated 6.3.2004 (Annexure -3).

(3.) LEARNED counsel for the respondents submitted that in view of the Division Bench judgment in the case of Smt. Girish Kumari Prasad 2004 (2) JCR 524 (Jhr), which was rendered after the said judgments of Arjun Prasad Yadav and Narayan Singh (supra), no relief can be granted to the petitioner.