DEVAKI NANDAN PRASAD vs STATE OF BIHAR & ORS.

The Supreme Court, in a writ petition under Article 32, directed the State to compute the petitioner's pension correctly, acknowledging the prior mandamus issued in Deokinandan Prasad v. State of Bihar. The Court emphasized that the State's failure to adhere to its earlier decision constituted harassment, warranting exemplary costs of Rs. 25,000 to be paid to the petitioner. The Court mandated that the pension computation and payment of arrears, with interest at 6% from January 10, 1967, be completed by July 31, 1983, warning of contempt action for non-compliance.