IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1694 of 2008 Hari Narain Pandey, Son of Late Srinath Pandey, Resident of Village – N 1/19 A- 13 Nagwa Varanasi, P.S. Lanka, District Varanasi, Presently, Resident of Village Sidhnath Ghat Buxar, P.S. Buxar (Town) District Buxar………………………………..Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Secretary-cum-Commissioner, Health Department, Patna, Bihar. 3. The Secretary-cum-Commissioner, Home Department, Patna, Bihar. 4. The Accountant General, Birchand Patel Path, Patna, Bihar 5. The Director General of Police, Patna, Bihar. 6. The D.I.G. of Police, Shahabad Range at Dehari-On-Sone, Bihar, Dehari-On-Sone, Rohtas 7. The Inspector General of Police, Patna Zone, Bihar, Patna. 8. The Superintendent of Police, Buxar………………………………………………..Respondents ----------- 2 23.09.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State. Petitioner has filed this writ application with a direction to the respondents to pay his due salary from 05.09.1996 till date. A counter affidavit has been filed by the respondents and it is stated that the pay slip has been issued to the petitioner in respect of due salary of the period. However, through the supplementary affidavit filed 2 today, petitioner contends that the Treasury Officer refused to entertain the pay-slip since the same was not counter-signed by the Controlling Officer. Learned Government Advocate No.1 submits that the writ application may be disposed of with a direction to the Competent Authority who is required to ensure completion of any formality, as may be required under law, for payment of salary of the petitioner by counter-singing the pay-slip etc. Since learned counsel for the petitioner informs this Court that the Treasury Officer refused to entertain pay-slip since the same was not counter-signed by the Superintendent of Police, Buxar, this Court directs the Superintendent of Police, Buxar to complete the formality of putting his counter- signature on the pay-slip, as required under law, within two weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order and forward the same to the Treasury Officer for release of salary of the petitioner. It goes without saying that upon receipt of the pay-slip, the Treasury Officer will transfer the amount of salary of the 3 petitioner in his account within two weeks thereafter. The writ application is disposed of with the aforesaid observations and directions. BT (J. N. Singh, J.)