IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14542 of 2011 1. Amit Kumar, At Present Jan Sevak, Haspura Prakhand, Aurangabad S/O Late Kalhat Singh Vill. Mahua Bigha, P.S. Obra, Distt. Aurangabad. 2. Vinod Kuamar, At Present Jan Sevak, Haspura Prakhand, Aurangabad S/O Shri Ram Deni Mahto Vill. Gira, P.S. Obra, Distt. Aurangabad. 3. Arjun Kumar Singh, At Present Jan Sevak, Haspura Prakhand, Distt. Aurangabad S/O Late Mahadeo Singh Vill. Tirkha P.S. Magadh University, Bodh Gaya Distt.-Gaya. 4. Sidheshwar Paswan, At Present Jan Sevak, Haspura Prakhand, Aurangabad S/O Ram Awatar Paswan R/O Vill. Dhamani Simari, P.S. Mali, Distt.-Aurangabad- Petitioners Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Bihar, Patna. 2. The Commissioner, Department of Rural Development, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate/Collector, Aurangabad. 4. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Aurangabad. 5. The Block Development Officer, Haspura Block, Aurangabad---------------------------------Respondents ---------------------------------- 2 19.10.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. All the four petitioners are supposed to be Jan Sewaks (VLW) working under the Collectorate of Aurangabad. Salary has not been paid to them for various months for no apparent reason. Their claim so drawn up in Annexure-4 which is a chart of arrears of salary duly certified by Block Development Officer, Haspura, District- Aurangabad to be the outstanding dues against the head of salary for four petitioners. The period for which the dues subsist is indicated in column-9 of the said chart. Prima facie from perusal of the pleadings as well as supporting materials and the outstanding dues under the head of salary does not seem to be a dispute. Non-payment could be for a many reasons including the release of fund etc. Keeping in mind that there is no question of law as such 2 to be adjudicated looking at the nature of the relief, this writ petitioner can be disposed of with a direction upon the District Magistrate, Aurangabad, respondent no.3 that he shall take up the case of these petitioners for non-payment of salary and what is required to be done it must be done within three months from the date of production/communication of a copy of this order. If there is legal impediment the reason thereof will have to be made known to the petitioner in writing or else payment will have to be worked out within the said time frame. Writ petition is disposed of with the above direction. RPS (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)