IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4708 of 2007 1. GANGA PRASAD MANDAL son of Late Ramrup Mandal, resident of village- Ambho, P. O. Kharik Bazar, P. S. Kharik, District- Bhagalpur. 2. Navin Kumar s/o Sri Sukdeo Mandal Resident of Rekabganj, Nayatola, P. O.- Bhagalpur City, P. S.- Tatarpur, District- Bhagalpur. … Petitioners. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Secretary Finance Department Old Secretariat Patna. 2. Secretary, Personal & Administrative Reforms Department, Patna. 3. District Magistrate Cum Collector, Bhagalpur. 4. Secretary, Bihar Public Service Commission 15, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Baily Road, Patna. … Respondents . ----------- 2. 07.12.2009. Heard counsel for the petitioner, counsel for the State as also counsel for Bihar Public Service Commission. Prayer of the petitioner in this writ application reads as follows:- “1. That by this petition petitioners are praying for direction on respondents to provide pay scale of Rs.4000-6000/- against the post of Assistant against which post petitioner has been selected by Bihar Public Service Commission (for short BPSC) taking into account that the similarly situated person, through the same Advertisement/Selection for the post of Assistant have been granted Rs.4000- 6000/- from date of their appointments.” Counsel for the petitioner at the outset would submit that during the pendency of this writ application, the petitioner no. 1 has died on 6.9.2008. His widow, three minor sons and - 2 - one minor daughter have still surviving right to sue inasmuch as the payment of salary to them for their bread earner would still be available to them. Considering the aforementioned fact, this court would direct for substitution of Indu Devi as mentioned in paragraph 5 of I. A. No. 5195 of 2009 by deleting the name of petitioner no.1. Coming to the merits of the case, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that now the matter stands adjudicated by this court inasmuch as Finance Department in its letter dated 18.9.2009 has taken following decisions:- izs"kd] v:.k dqekj flag] ljdkj ds mi lfpoA lsok esa lHkh ftyk inkf/kdkjhA fo"k; %& fcgkj yksd lsok vk;ksx] iVuk }kjk izdkf'kr foKkiu la0 4@98] izFke {ks=h; izfr;ksfxrk ijh{kk ds vk/kkj ij fu;qDr fuEUoxhZ; fyfidksa ds osrueku ds laca/k esaA egksn;] mi;qZDr fo"k; ds laca/k esa funs'kkuqlkj dguk gS fd fogkj yksd lsok vk;ksx ds fo"k;kafdr foKkiu ds vk/kkj ij p;fur vH;fFkZ;ksa dh fu;qfDr;k¡ fuEuoxhZ; fyfid ds in ij 3050&4590 :0 ds osrueku esa fofHkUu ftyksa esa gqbZ gSA ijUrq] blds fo:) nk;j lekns”k ;kfpdk la0 13577@06 euh"k dqekj ikBd ,oa vU; cuke jkT; ljdkj ,oa vU; esa ekuuh; mPp U;k;ky;] iVuk }kjk fnukad 17-12-2007 dks ikfjr vkns”k ds vuqikyu esa Hkkstiqj ftyk esa fu;qDr fuEuoxhZ; fyfidksa dks foRr foHkkxh; i=kad 4077 fo0 ¼2½] fnukad 12-5-09 }kjk mPp oxhZ; fyfid] osrueku 4000&6000@& :0 iznku djus dh Lohd`fr bl “krZ ds lkFk nh xbZ fd mDr U;k;kns”k ds fo:) ftyk inkf/kdkjh] Hkkstiqj] vkjk ds }kjk ekuuh; loksZPp U;k;ky;] ubZ - 3 - fnYyh esa nkf[ky fd, tk jgs ,l0 ,y0 ih0 ds fu.kZ; ls mDr osrueku izHkkfor gksxkA vFkkZr ekuuh; loksZPp U;k;ky; }kjk ek0 mPp U;k;ky;] iVuk ds vkns”k ds fo:) fu.kZ; ikfjr gksus dh n”kk esa lHkh fuEUoxhZ; fyfidksa dks l”krZ :i esa Lohd`r 4000&6000 L0 dk osrueku iqu% 3050&4590 :0 ds osrueku esa ifjofrZr dj fn;k tk,xk ,oa vf/kd Hkqxrku dh xbZ jkf”k olwyuh; gksxhA lE;d~ fopkjksijkar foRr foHkkxh; i=kad 4077 fo0 ¼2½ fnukad 12-5-09 }kjk lalwfpr fu.kZ; dks jkT; ds “ks’k lHkh ftyksa ds fy, ykxw djus dk fu.kZ; fy;k x;k gSA rnuqlkj lHkh ftyk inkf/kdkfj;ksa ds vuqjks/k gS fd vius v/huLFk mDr Js.kh ds fuEu oxhZ; fyfid dks 4000&6000 :0 dk osrueku l”krZ :i esa vuqekU; djus ds iwoZ mDr vk”k; dk Þl”krZ LohdkjksfDr i=Þ izkIr dj ysaxsA fo”oklhkktu ¼v:.k dqekj flag½ ljdkj ds mi lfpo He would also refer to the fact that the Collector of Bhagalpur District following the aforementioned directions of the Finance Department has given conditional enhancement of salary to similarly situated persons as would be evident from a copy of order contained in Memo No. 259 dated 23.11.2009 issued in respect of 33 other clerks appointed in the same transaction. Taking into the aforementioned aspects, this court would also direct the Collector of Bhagalpur District to treat the petitioners similarly as he has done in the case of 33 clerks vide Memo No. 259 dated 23.11.2009 and to that extent the widow of petitioner no. 1 and the petitioner no. 2 if they would also - 4 - give their undertaking as prescribed by the Finance Department in its letter dated 18.9.2009, may be given benefit which has been given to other 33 candidates vide Memo No. 259 dated 23.11.2009. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this writ application is disposed of. kanchan (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)