IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7156 of 2006 MAJHARUL ISLAM Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 04. 11-8-2008 Petitioner claims in the writ application that he has not been paid salary since September, 1994. He wants a direction upon the respondents to pay his salary. In the counter affidavit which has been filed on behalf of respondent No. 4 it is stated that the salary is due from January, 1996 and not from September, 1994. They do not deny that a sum of Rs.40, 000/- is outstanding as payment of salary but due to financial crunch the same is not being paid. Not only this, it is further stated that petitioner is missing from duty from February, 1997 till October, 2004 and the amount which has been paid requires to be adjusted. In that view of the matter it is difficult for this Court to give any direction or adjudicate the issue but the petitioner is directed to file a comprehensive representation with details of the payment which he has claimed including the fact of adjustment of accounts which has been pointed out by the respondent,. It is a matter of accounting which can be best settled at local level. The writ application stands disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to file such representation with details and respondent No.4 will get the mater verified and on a final accounting being done if the amount payable to the petitioner accrues to him they shall take steps for payment of the same preferably within six months from the date of filing such a representation. - 2 - The writ application stands disposed of with the above liberty. rkp (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J)