IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8418 of 2005 Rajendra Paswan, son of late Nand Lal Paswan, resident of village- Saichak, P.S. Phulwarisharif, District- Patna, presently posted as Peon in the office of Human Resources Development Department, Bihar, Patna. .... Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar, through its Chief Secretary, Patna. 2. The Secretary, Finance Department, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Bihar, Patna. 4. The Director, Administration cum Deputy Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Bihar, Patna. ... Respondents. ----------- 02- 24.4.2009 None appears on behalf of the petitioner. Heard Mr. Prabhat Kumar Singh, learned Assistant Counsel to Government Advocate No.1. This writ petition is directed against the order dated 7.6.2005 (Annexure-4), whereby the petitioner has been deprived of his salary except the subsistence allowance for the period of suspension. 2. We have perused the materials on record and considered the submissions of the learned Government Counsel. It appears that the petitioner was functioning on a Class-IV post in the department of Human Resources Development at the relevant point of time. He was subjected to a departmental proceeding 2 for demanding illegal money from one Vishnu Kumar Sah, a Class III employee of Zila School, Gaya. The enquiry officer submitted enquiry report to the effect that the charges could not be proved because of paucity of witnesses and evidence. In that view of the matter, the learned disciplinary authority has accepted the enquiry report, but has deprived him of the salary for the period of suspension except the subsistence allowance, because he has been let off giving him the benefit of doubt. It appears to me that this is a valid ground to pass the impugned order. 3. The writ petition is dismissed. (S K Katriar, J.) S.K.Pathak/