IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12865 of 2004 1. SUBH NATH MISHRA son of Chandra Deo Mishra, resident of village & Post- Kharka, Via-Jaley, P.S.- Nanpur, District-Sitamarhi. 2. Gobind Narayan Jha, son of late Baidynath Jha, resident of village- Kharka, Vai-Jaley, P.S.-Nanpur, District-Sitamarhi 3. Vishwanath Thakur son of late Ramchandra Thakur, resident of village/Mohalla-Knothia, P.O. & P.S. Darbhanga, District-Darbhanga 4. Satya Narain Sharma son of Dabu Sharma, resident of village- Shishu Chauk, P.O. & P.S.-Darbhanga, District- Darbhanga 5. Syed Mozaffar Ahmad son of Syed Zaffar Ahmad, resident of village-Purkho Patti, P.O & P.S.Laheriasarai, District-Darbhanga 6. Md. Mofiz Ahmad son of late Md. Quais, resident of village-Bhelui, P.O. & P.S.- Kaluahi, District- Madhubani 7. Smt. Gulia Devi wife of Late Shiv Chandra Thakur, resident of village-Siso Chauk, P.O. Siso (West), P.S. and District-Darbhanga All are posted at B.I.T. Sindari on their respective Post and are working as such Except-7. ---------------Petitioners Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Secretary, Science and Technology Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Additional Secretary, Science and Technology Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Director, Science and Technology Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 5. The District Magistrate, Darbhanga 6. Principal, J.M.I.T., Darbhanga ---------------Respondents. ----------- For the Petitioners:- Mr. Purushattam Jha, Adv. For the State:- S.C.-9 ------------- 5. 06.08.2010 All these petitioners claim themselves to be the original employees of what is known as J.M.I.T., Darbhanga. According to them their services were taken over in the year 1991, under Bihar Private Engineering 2 Colleges Taken Over Act, 1991. In terms of the said legislation petitioners became government servants with effect from 31.1.1991, subject to the confirmation and re- determination of their service conditions by the State Government. The transition took time and payments of salary etc. were not made for many a years. Many writ application came to be filed from time to time for similar releifs and the Court has directed payments in those cases. In the present case issue is payment of arrear of salary from September, 1993 to September 1994 including payment of increment etc. which would accrue for the said period. Learned counsel for the petitioner has produced before this Court a notification dated 24.1.2008 where certain directions were issued to release all payments to such employees after due verification. Stand of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that payment of salary for that period has not yet been resolved despite notification no. 217 dated 24.1.2008. The writ application is disposed of with a direction upon the respondents that they will verify the position with regard to claim of payment to the petitioners and if the fact of non-payment emerges from verification, steps will be taken for their payment within a 3 reasonable time frame. The Court expects that the matter may be sorted out within a maximum period of six months from the date of communication/production of a copy of this order. The writ application is disposed of with the above direction. Anand Kr. ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)