IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16844 of 2008 Ram Sewak Singh, son of late Ambika Prasad Singh, Reader in the Department of Economics, S.R.K.Goenka College, Sitamarhi … Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary Human Resources Development Department, Bihar, Patna 2. Director, Higher Education, Govt. of Bihar, Human Resources Development Department, Bihar, Patna 3. B.R.A. Bihar University through the Registrar, B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur 4. Vice Chancellor, B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur … Respondents ---------------------------------- with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16959 of 2008 Prem Lata Goenka, wife of late Nirmal Kumar Goenka, Reader in the Department of Political Science, S.R.K.Goenka College, Sharda Nagar, Sitamarhi … Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary Human Resources Development Department, Bihar, Patna 2. Director, Higher Education, Govt. of Bihar, Human Resources Development Department, Bihar, Patna 3. B.R.A. Bihar University through the Registrar, B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur 4. Vice Chancellor, B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur … Respondents ---------------------------------- with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17092 of 2008 Ram Chandra Prasad Singh, son of late Siya Lal Singh, Opposite Indian Oil Petrol Pump, Dumra Road, Sitamarhi, Reader in Commerce, S.R.K.Goenka College, Sitamarhi … Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary Human Resources Development Department, Bihar, Patna 2. Director, Higher Education, Govt. of Bihar, Human Resources Development Department, Bihar, Patna 3. B.R.A. Bihar University through the Registrar, B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur 4. Vice Chancellor, B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur … Respondents ---------------------------------- with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17149 of 2008 Rana Tej Pratap Singh, son of late Ripusudan Singh, Reader in the Department of Commerce, S.R.K.Goenka College, P.S. Sitamarhi, Sadar, District Sitamarhi … Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary Human Resources 2 Development Department, Bihar, Patna 2. Director, Higher Education, Govt. of Bihar, Human Resources Development Department, Bihar, Patna 3. B.R.A. Bihar University through the Registrar, B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur 4. Vice Chancellor, B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur … Respondents ---------------------------------- 4. 8.12.2011 Heard Mr. Sujeet Kumar Sinha, learned counsel for the petitioners in all these four cases as also learned counsel for the University. Initially Mr. Sinha had sought to explain certain pay fixation anomaly but then he could ultimately realize that the University has gone by the word as directed in the State Government circular for fixation of pay with effect from 1.1.1996 in the revised pay scale. Mr. Sinha, therefore, would frankly submit that he does not have anything to add as with regard to pay fixation of all the petitioners as shown in Annexure 1. Mr. Sinha, however, has proceeded that payment of arrear in terms of pay fixation made have not been completed and in this respect he has cited the instance of C.W.J.C.No. 17149/2008. Learned counsel for the University, on the other hand, has explained that the payment of arrear have already been made in rest of the three cases, i.e. C.W.J.C.Nos. 17092/2008, 16844/2008 and 16959/2008 and it is only in C.W.J.C.No. 17149/2008 that the full payment of the entire amount of arrears on account of pay fixation made with effect from 1.1.1996 has not been completed but the University is determined to also clear the dues of the petitioner of C.W.J.C.No. 17149/2008 within a period of four weeks. 3 In that view of the matter, while the three writ applications are held to have become infructuous on account of subsequent event of clearance of dues, a direction is hereby issued in C.W.J.C.No. 17149/2008 to the Vice Chancellor of the University to ensure that whatever pay fixation benefit and its resultant arrears have become admissible with effect from 1.1.1996 in terms of Annexure 1, must be paid to the petitioner within a period of four weeks. With the aforementioned observations and directions, all these writ applications are disposed of. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/