IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.752 of 2007 Baban Kumar Singh, son of Sri Shiv Prasad Singh, resident of village- Jian, PS Karja, District-Muzaffarpur Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Sri Anil Kumar, the Director (Secondary Education), Bihar, Patna 3. Sri Satyendra Bhushan, the District Education Officer, Muzaffarpur 4. Smt. Malti Verma, the Headmistress, Project Girls High School, Motipur, Muzaffarpur ----------- 2. 04.08.2009 It is stated in the show cause filed on behalf of the opposite party-District Education Officer, Muzaffarpur that upon consideration of the representation of the petitioner, he has been paid an amount of Rs. 1,76,533/- for the period he had worked, namely, 1.11.2001 to 13.11.2003. In the show cause stand has also been taken that in the year 1998 the petitioner was posted at Project Girls High School, Sikta, from where he was transferred to Project Girls High School, Motipur, Muzaffarpur in the month of July, 2000 and the petitioner has not been paid his arrear salary etc. for the period during which he was posted in the Project Girls High School, Sikta, West Champaran although LPC was submitted. Learned counsel for the State submits that with respect to the said period, representation will have to be considered by the Director, Secondary Education who alone would be competent to release the funds for payment to the petitioner. In the above circumstances, the contempt application is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to file a representation before the Director, Secondary Education, within a period of three weeks from today. On the filing of such representation the same shall - 2 - be considered by the Director, Secondary Education in terms of the order dated 13.7.2005 read with the order dated 6.7.2005 of this Court and he must ensure that the necessary funds are released for payment in favour of the petitioner within a further period of two months from filing of the representation. S.Pandey (Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)