IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.11036 of 2008 Yogendra Prasad Singh, son of Ram Lakhan Singh of village & P.O. Pasraha, P.s. Pasraha, District- Khagaria, presently posted as a teacher in Middle School, Kanharia Bloock, Dagarua, District- Purnea. ………. Petitioner Versus 1.The State Of Bihar through its Chief Secretary 2.The Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3.Director, Primary Education, Bihar, Patna 4.The Commissioner, Purnea Division, Purnea 5.District Magistrate-cum-Collector, District- Purnea 6.District Superintendent of Education, District- Purnea 7.Block Development Officer, Block Jalalgarh 8.Arjun Razak, Block Education Extension Officer, Block Officer, Kasha cum Jalalgarh. ………… Respondents ---------------------------------- 2. 19/09/2011 In this writ application, petitioner raises a grievance that his salary of February, 2006 has been withheld without any specific orders in this regard and without assigning any reason for the same. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that if at all respondents had decided to deny the petitioner the salary of the month, they were required to give notice to the petitioner asking him to show cause and appropriate orders in accordance with law was required to be passed. Without any valid and legal order, respondents could not withhold the salary of the 2 petitioner of the month. Writ application was filed on 25.7.2008 with service of two copies of the same in the office of learned Advocate General. However, till today no counter affidavit has been filed in the case. In the circumstances, this writ application is disposed of with a direction to the respondents that if they have not passed any specific order, after complying with the Principles of Natural Justice, denying the petitioner salary of the month of February, 2006 till now, they must release his salary of the month within a period of two months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Pradeep/ ( J. N. Singh,J.)