IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1696 of 2002 1. DR. ARUN KUMAR MISHRA, SON OF SRI KAMLA KANT MISHRA, RESIDENT OF MOHALLA AND P.S. SRI KRISHNAPURI, DISTRICT PATNA 2. DR. KASHI KANT MISHRA, SON OF LATE YOGESHWAR MISHRA, RESIDENT OF MOHALLA DONAR CHOWK, P.S. LAHERIASARAI, DISTRICT DARBHANGA……………..PETITIONERS Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE COMMISSIONER-CUM-SECRETARY, HIGHER EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA 2. THE VICE-CHANCELLOR, LALIT NARAYAN MITHILA UNIVERSITY, KAMESHWAR NAGAR, DARBHANGA 3. THE REGISTRAR, LALIT NARAYAN MITHILA UNIVERSITY, KAMESHWAR NAGAR, DARBHANGA….. RESPONDETNS ----------- 3. 05.08.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. This writ application has been filed by the two petitioners for a direction to the respondents to pay their legal dues. Annexure-3 series to the writ application are representations filed by the petitioners before the Registrar, L.N. Mithila University which contains the details under different heads and calculation of their dues. The writ application was filed in 2002 but no counter affidavit has been filed in this case by either of the respondents. Therefore, there is no denial of the claims of the petitioners by the respondents. - 2 - However, petitioners are given liberty to file fresh representations before the Vice- Chancellor, L.N. Mithila University, Darbhanga within one month. In case such a representation is filed, the respondent Vice Chancellor shall consider the claims of the petitioners raised therein and pass specific orders in respect of each and every claim within three months from the date of filing of the representation. Simultaneously, within the same time he will also pass orders for payment of any amount of the petitioners which he finds still dues to them within that very period. In case any claim of the petitioners is not acceptable to him, he shall assign specific reasons for the same and shall communicate the same to concerned petitioners with supporting materials for rejecting the said claim within that very period itself. Since the claims of the petitioners are old one, the authority of the University shall not raise plea of non-allotment of fund by the State Government in this regard. The writ application is, accordingly, disposed of with the above observations and directions. B.T (J.N. Singh, J.)