IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.200 of 2008 Sailesh Kumar, S/O Sitaram Mahto, resident of village Laxmipur, P.O. + P.S. Yogapatti, District- West Champaran ……….. Petitioner Versus 1.The State Of Bihar 2.The Secretary, Department of Education, Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna 3.Director, Department of Primary Education, Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna 4.District Superintendent of Education, West Champaran, Bettiah 5.The Sub-Divisional Education Officer, West Champaran, Bettiah ……… Respondents ----------- 3. 24/08/2010 Petitioner, who claims to be working as Headmaster in Bishundeo Middle School, Lakshmipur in the district of West Champaran, has filed this writ application for a direction to the respondents to release fund under the head `living allowance’ to the School. It is submitted that the school was granted recognition with effect from March, 1970 vide Annexure-1. As per decision of the Government, fund was released towards `living allowance’ to the school till March, 1983 and the same was paid to the teachers and staff. However, the same has been stopped by the State Government after March, 1983. Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn the attention of this Court to an order 2 dated 11.4.2007 passed in C.W.J.C.No.3988 of 2007, as contained in Annexure-5, by which in somewhat similar circumstances, petitioners of the case were directed to file representation before the Director, Primary Education, Government of Bihar praying for release of fund to the school under the head `living allowance’. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the same order may be passed in the case of the petitioner also. In the circumstances, this writ application is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file representation before the Director, Primary Education, Government of Bihar, Patna within one month from today. If such a representation is filed, the Director, Primary Education will consider entitlement of the school in question for release of fund under the said head of `living allowance’ and shall pass appropriate orders in accordance with law preferably within a period of two months thereafter. Pradeep/ ( J. N. Singh,J.)