IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7138 of 2008 MANIKANT KUMAR CHOUDHARY Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2 5/5/2008 Heard the parties. The petitioner is aggrieved by the order dated 26.2.2008 which has been passed on the audit report seeking recovery from his salary on the ground that he had not passed the Hindi Noting and Drafting Examination. This Court at the first instance would direct the Director-in-Chief, Health Services (respondent no.3) to consider the grievance of the petitioner in the light of two points, namely, that there was no need for the petitioner to pass such an examination as he was holding a technical post and further that he had subsequently appeared in the Hindi Noting and Drafting Examination and had also passed the said examination. The Director-in Chief, Health Services should decide the issue as to whether there was any requirement for the petitioner of passing the Hindi Noting and Drafting Examination of the petitioner in the light of order of Raj Bhasha department. Such an exercise must be completed by the Director-in- Chief within a period of three months. In the meantime, recovery of excess amount of salary which has been sought to be made from the salary of the petitioner, may be made in easy instalments which however would be subject to the final order to be passed by the Director-in-Chief. With the above observation this application is disposed of. ( Mihir Kumar Jha, J.) Abhay Kumar.