IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8217 of 2008 1.Bibha Kumari W/O Shri Vijay Kumar Mishra, resident of village & Post Janipur, P.S. Nanpur, District- Sitamarhi 2.Poonam Sinha, W/O Shri Ravindra Thakur, resident of village Baura Bajitpur, P.S. Pupri, District- Sitamarhi 3.Laxmi Kumari, W/O Shri Bhogendra Kumar, resident of village Baura Bajitpur, P.S. Pupri, District- Sitamarhi 4.Bachchi Kumari, W/O Shri Ashok Kumar Pandey, resident of village Sakram, P.S. Pupri, District- Sitamarhi 5.Sudhira Kumari, W/O Shri Naveen Kumar Dwivedi, resident of village Pioghat, P.S. Madhvapur, District- Madhubani 6.Veena Kumari, W/o Shri Deonath Jha, resident of village Hardiya, P.S. Pupri, District- Sitamarhi 7.Usha Kumari, W/O Shri Ajay Kumar Choudhary, resident of village Bari Behta, P.S. Pupri, District- Sitamarhi 8.Kumari Asha, W/O Shri Binod Choudhary, resident of village Bitta Dharampur, P.S. Pupri, District- Sitamarhi 9.Kalias Devi, W/O Shri Ramchandra Mishra, resident of village Chandauna, P.S. Jale, District- Darbhanga 10.Gaytri Dewvi, W/O Kailas Prasad Singh, resident of village Runisaidpur, P.S. Saidpur, District- Sitamarhi 11.Ramyad Rai, S/O Shri Babaji Gope, resident of village Khoria, P.S. Pupri, District- Sitamarhi Petitioners 1 to 10 are at present posted as A.N.M. and petitioner no.11 is posted as Health Worker at Primary Health Centre, Pupri, P.S. Pupri, District- Sitamarhi. ………………. Petitioners Versus 1.The State Of Bihar 2.Secretary to the Government, Department of Health, Bihar, Patna 3.Dy.Director, Health Services, Bihar, Patna 4.Civil Surgeon-cum-Chief Medical Officer, Sitamarhi 5.Incharge Medical Officedr, Primary Health Centre, Pupri, District- Sitamarhi. …………….. Respondents ----------- 2. 20/07/2011 It appears from the order dated 13.8.2010 passed in C.W.J.C.No.6766 of 2006 and other 2 analogous cases that the matter has been remitted back to the Principal Secretary of the Department to consider as to whether the requirement of passing of Hindi Noting and Drafting Examination shall be applicable to A.N.M. working under the Department and will operate retrospectively or prospectively in view of the Circular of the Government dated 5.5.2005. Petitioners grievance is also in respect of an order passed for recovery of excess amount paid to them, vide Annexure-6, on account of having not passed the said Examination earlier. Since the matter has been referred by this Court to the Principal Secretary of the Health Department, as noticed above, this writ application is also disposed of remitting the matter of the petitioners to the Principal Secretary of the Health Department for consideration in terms of the said order passed by this Court. As ordered in the earlier writ application also, till recovery orders are passed in the matter, operation of the impugned order, as contained in Annexure-6 shall remain in abeyance. Pradeep/ ( J. N. Singh,J.)