IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10550 of 2009 Smt. Lakshmi Kumari, W/o Shri Mahendra Prasad Mahto, Projected Girls High School Kanko, Jahanabad, resident at village + P.O. Bishunpur, Pakari, P.S. Beur Via Anishabad, District Patna-800002……………………….Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. The Upper Loke Education Director-cum Deputy Secretary, Commissioner, Human Resources Development Department, Bihar, Patna, New Secretariat, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate-cum-Chairman, District Education Establishment Committee, Patna. 4. The Regional Deputy Director, Education, Magadh Division, Gaya. 5. The Director, Research and Training of Education, Bihar, Patna Office of the Bihar Secondary Education, Budh Marg, Patna-2. 6. The District Superintendent of Education, Jehanabad 7. The District Education Officer, Jehanabad……………………………………………………..Respondents ----------- 3 24.09.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State. Petitioner has prayed for a direction to the respondents to pay her trained teacher pay-scale with effect from 1981. It is submitted that the Regional Deputy Director of Education, Magadh Division, Gaya, vide his letter dated 3.11.2007, has already recommended the case of the petitioner for grant of 2 trained teacher scale, a copy whereof is annexed as Annexure-6. The writ application was filed on 21.08.2009 and by order dated 06.10.2009, respondents were directed to seek instruction and file counter affidavit within four weeks. However, till today, no counter affidavit has been filed by the respondents. In the circumstances, the writ application is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to file a representation before the Director, Secondary Education, Bihar, Patna within one month from today. Along with her representation, she will produce necessary documents to establish her claim as also the said letter of the Regional Deputy Director of Education, Magadh Division, Gaya dated 03.11.2007. If such a representation is filed within the aforesaid period, the Director, Secondary Education shall consider the same and if he finds that the petitioner is entitled for such scale from the relevant date, he shall pass appropriate orders on the same 3 in accordance with law, preferably within a period of two months from the date of filing of the representation and any consequential orders for payment of arrears of salary shall also be passed within that very period. The writ application is disposed of with the aforesaid observations and directions. BT (J. N. Singh, J.)