IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7416 of 2009 1. JYOTI KUMAR VERMA, aged about 48 years, son of Late Bhunvineshwar Prasad, resident of S.C.E.R.T. Campus, Mahendru, Patna at present working as Clerk, State Education Research and Training Counsel, Bihar, Patna. 2. Shyam Sundar Prasad, aged about 40 years, son of Late Sukhdeo Prasad, resident of S.C.E.R.T. Campus, Mahendru, Patna at present working as Clerk-cum-Typing, State Education Research and Training Council, Bihar, Patna. 3. Bimal Paswan, aged about 40 years son of Sri Sagar Paswan, resident of S.C.E.R.T. Campus, Mahendru, Patna at present working as Driver State Education and Research and Training Council, Bihar, Patna :---- Petitioners. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Principal Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, having his office at Vikas Bhawan, Police Station- Sachivalaya, District- Patna. 2. The Finance Commissioner, Government of Bihar, having his office in old secretariat, police station- Sachivalaya, District- Patna. 3. The Director, State Council of Educational Research and Training Council, Bihar, Patna. 4. Sri Hasan Waris, Director(Incharge), State Council of Educational Research and Training, Bihar, Patna. 5. The Treasury Officer, Sub-Treasury, Patna City, Patna :--- Respondents. ----------- 02. 03.07.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. 2. Petitioners are Class-III employees of the State Council of Education, Research and Training, Bihar (hereinafter referred to as the “Council”). They have filed this writ application for a direction to the Council as also to the authorities of the State Government to pay them their salary for the months of September, 2007 till date. For such purpose they have also filed representation before the Principal Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Respondent No.1. It is submitted on their behalf that failure to pay the salary is violative of Article 21 of the Constitution of India as from September, 2007 petitioners are on the verge of starvation. 3. Let the Principal Secretary, Human Resources Development Department , Respondent No.1 consider the case of the petitioners for payment of salary from September, 2007 as claimed under representation dated 20.08.2008, Annexure-5 and dispose of the same as early as possible, in any case within a period of one month from today and thereafter the Principal Secretary should also ensure that the petitioners are paid their salary on regular basis. 4. This writ application is, accordingly, disposed of. P.K.P. (V.N.Sinha, J.)