IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1505 of 2007 Manjari Ranjan, aged about 52 years, Wife of Mithilesh Kumar Sinha, and daughter of Sri Mohini Ranjan, resident of Behind Bhikha Salami Mazar, Dighi Sough, Rown, Police Station and District Darbhanga. -------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar through Secretary, Human Resources Department (Higher Education), New Secretariat, Patna. 2. The Lalit Narain Mithila Univrsity through the Vice Chancellor, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga. 3. The Vice Chancellor, L.N. Mithila University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga. 4. The Registrar, L.N. Mithila University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga. 5. The Principal, Marwari College, Darbhanga. ------- Respondents ----------- 2 26.7.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. Having regard to the fact that the grievance of the petitioner, a teacher of L.N. Mithila University, in this writ application, is confined for making payment of arrear of salary for the period 1986, this Court would direct the Registrar of the University to pass a final order on the pending representation of the petitioner as contained in Annexure Nos. 4 & 5 and also make payment of the admitted amount by following the principle of such payment as per the date of entitlement. In other words, if the amount of arrear of salary claimed by the petitioner for the period in question has already been paid to any teacher who become entitled after the petitioner, the same must also be tendered to the petitioner forthwith. On the other hand if it is found that no one has been paid such amount of arrear and the petitioner also has to wait for payment of arrear of salary on account of paucity of fund and/or its non-release by the State Government, the Registrar of the University shall pass a reasoned order giving the details and the 2 period in which the petitioner will be entitled to receive such payment of his arrear. As the University has not filed the counter affidavit in this case and has virtually coerced the petitioner to move to the Registrar of the University for getting only the facts adjudicated, it is made clear that the Registrar of the University must pass his order and communicate the same to the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order and in the event, the Registrar would fail to do so, it will be open for the petitioner to file a contempt petition for initiating a proceeding against the Registrar of the University. With the aforesaid observation and direction this application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)