IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.6739 of 2011 MITHILESH PASWAN, son of late Ram Swaroop Paswan, resident of village- Marsua, P.S. Makhdumpur, in the District of Jehanabad….. Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Principal Secretary, Panchayat Raj Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director, Panchayat Raj Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. The District Magistrate-cum- Collector, Kaimur at Bhabhua. 5. The Zila Parishad, Kaimur, through its Chief Executive Officer. 6. The Deputy Development Commissioner-cum-Chief Executive Officer, Kaimur at Bhabhua……….. Respondents. ----------- For the petitioner: Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate For Zila Parishad: Mr. Mithilesh Kumar Singh, Advocate For the State: Mr. Amaresh Kumar, A.C. to G.P.20. --------------- 2. 20.4.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsels for the Zila parishad, Kaimur and the State of Bihar. The petitioner seeks a direction upon the respondent authorities of the Zila parishad, Kaimur to make payment of the arrears of salary to him since February, 2010. The case of the petitioner is that he was appointed as Roller Driver on daily wage basis in 1999 and was being regularly paid for the same and payments from the month of February, 2010 have been stopped. Learned counsel for the Zila parishad submits that it is evident from the order dated 7.12.1999 of the Deputy Development Commissioner- - 2 - cum-Chief Executive officer, Zila parishad, Kaimur (Bhabhua) that the petitioner was appointed as a daily wager as per the need of work and his services could be disengaged at any time. It is further submitted by learned counsel that there is nothing on the record to show that the work has been taken from the petitioner since February, 2010 and thus any payment is due to him. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that a series of representations have been filed by the petitioner, which have been annexed as Annexre-2 to the writ petition, but no action has been taken by the respondent authorities on the same. In the above circumstances, the writ application is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.6, Deputy Development Commissioner- cum- Chief Executive Officer, Zila parishad, Kaimur (Bhabhua) to consider and dispose of the claims of the petitioner within a period of two months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. VPS ( Ramesh Kumar Datta, J. )