PRAMATH PATNAIK,J. - (1.) The petitioner no.1 is said to have retired on 31.08.2011 as Headmistress, petitioner no.2 retired on 29.02.2016 as Assistant Teacher, petitioner no.3 retired on 31.12.2010 as Assistant Teacher and petitioner no.4 retired on 31.05.2012 as Peon from the services of respondent-St. Joseph High School, Golmuri, Jamshedpur. It is the contention of the petitioners that the school in question is a Non-Government aided Minority School and all expenses towards payment of salary and retirement benefits of the school employees have been funded by the State Government from public exchequer. They are also getting pension on the basis of the Pension Payment Order issued by the office of the Accountant General.
(2.) In the present writ petition, the grievance of the petitioners is in relation to non-payment of leave encashment amount on the earned leave outstanding against them. They have also stated that other post retiral dues have already been paid and that salary and post retirement benefit have been paid out of grant-in-aid provided by the State Government.
(3.) Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that though, the claim of the petitioners was resisted earlier by the respondent-State Government, but the issue has now been settled in view of the judgment rendered by the learned Division Bench of this Court in the case of 'Mariyam Tirkey v. The State of Jharkhand and others' in W.P.(S) No. 506 of 2013 and analogous cases dated 3rd January, 2014 which has also been reported in 2014 (1) JBCJ 465 and now upheld up to the Hon'ble Supreme Court vide judgment dated 15.12.2014 passed in Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s) 20606- 20607/2014. According to the petitioners, the writ petition may be disposed of in view of the judgment rendered as aforesaid by the learned Division Bench and affirmed up to the Hon'ble Supreme Court, by directing the respondents to pay the earned leave encashment amount to the petitioners.;