IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1409 of 2010 1. JAWAHER PRASAD SINGH S/O LATE AWADH BIHARI SINHA R/O MOHALLA- GHOSE LANE SAMASTIPUR, P.S.- SAMASTIPUR, DISTT.- SAMASTIPUR 2. SIPRA BAGCHI W/O B.K. BOSE R/O MOHALLA- STATION ROAD NEAR RAILWY INSTITUTE SAMASTIPUR, P.S.- SAMASTIPUR, DISTT.- SAMASTIPUR 3. DR. BINDA KUMARI W/O LATE RAMJI SINHA R/O MOHALLA- NORTH OF TIRHUT ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL KASHIPUR, SAMASTIPUR POLICE STATION SAMASTIPUR, DISTT.- SAMASTIPUR 4. DR. BINITA SINHA W/O SHREE RAM NARESH SINGH R/O MOHALLA TAJPUR ROAD, SAMASTIPUR, P.S.- SAMASTIPUR, DISTT.- SAMASTIPUR 5. DR. NEETA MEHTA W/O DR. AJAY KUMAR SINHA R/O MOHALLA NORTH WEST TIRHUT ACADEMY SCHOOL KASHIPUR, SAMASTIPUR, P.S.- SAMASTIPUR, DISTT.- SAMASTIPUR 6. KALYANI SINGH W/O A.K. CHOUDHARY R/O MOHALLA- R.N.A.R. COLLEGE ROAD SONBARSA CHOUK, SAMASTIPUR, P.S.- SAMASTIPUR DISTT.- SAMASTIPUR 7. DR. SHARDA SINHA D/O LATE MANGAL DEYAL SINHA R/O MOHALLA- HANUMAN NIWAS, NEAR B.ED. COLLEGE, SAMASTIPUR, P.S.- SAMASTIPUR DISTT.- SAMASTIPUR 8. KIRAN BALA SINGH D/O SHRI THAKUR BANBIIR SINGH R/O VILL.- MUKTAPUR, POST- MUKTAPUR, P.S.- SAMASTIPUR DISTT.- SAMASTIPUR 9. ESHA SINHA W/O SHRI SACHIDA NAND PRASAD SINHA R/O MOHALLA- R.N.A.R. COLLEGE, SAMASTIPUR, P.S.- SAMASTIPUR DISTT.- SAMASTIPUR 10. SHIULI BHATTACHARYA D/O LATE BANSHI DHAR BHATTACHARYA R/O MOHALLA- RANUKA KUTEER, OPP. AMAR CINEMA KACHIARI, MUZAFFARPUR, P.S.- MITHANPURA, MUZAFFARPUR, DISTT.- MUZAFFARPUR 11. DR. SHEELA SINHA D/O MR. R.P. SINHA R/O MOHALLA- TARA COTTAGE, WARD NO. 21, BAHADURPUR, SAMASTIPUR, P.S.- SAMASTIPUR DISTT.- SAMASTIPUR 12. ARUN KUMAR KARAN S/O LATE BIYAS NANDAN LAL R/O MOHALLA KASHIPUR (BUILDING OF RAMASHIS SINGH) P.S.- SAMASTIPUR DISTT.- SAMASTIPUR 13. DR. NIRMALA THAKUR W/O SHREE SHYAM KISHORE THAKUR R/O MOHALLA- PROFESSOR COLONY GALI NO.1, SAMASTIPUR, P.S.- SAMASTIPUR DISTT.- SAMASTIPUR 14. DR. SUNITA SINHA D/O LATE S.K. SINGH R/O MOHALLA- OPPOSITE WEST OF PATEL MAIDAN KASHIPUR, P.S.- SAMASTIPUR, DISTT.- SAMASTIPUR 15. DR. USHA CHAUDHARY W/O DR. T.N. CHOUDHARY R/O VILL.- MOUNA NIWAS SRIKRISHNAPUR, NEAR 2 SONBARSHA CHOWK, SAMASTIPUR, P.S.- SAMASTIPUR, DISTT.- SAMASTIPUR Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE COMMISSIONER- CUM-SECRETARY HIGHER EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA 2. THE VICE CHANCELLOR LALIT NARAYAN MITHILA UNIVERSITY, KAMESHWAR NAGAR, DARBHANGA 3. THE REGISTRAR LALIT NARAYAN MITHILA UNIVERSITY, KAMESHWAR NAGAR, DARBHANGA 4. THE FINANCE OFFICER LALIT NARAYAN MITHILA UNIVERSITY, KAMESHWAR NAGAR, DARBHANGA ----------- 2 30.6.2010 Petitioners are teaching employees of Womens College, Samastipur, which is a constituent college under Lalit Narayan Mithila University.They have filed this writ petition for payment of arrears of salary for the period January 1996 to December, 2006.They alleged that they have not been paid full salary according to revised UGS pay scale even though a large number of other teaching employees of other institutions under the same University have been paid their dues. They stated that the Principal after scrutiny the accounts have sent a statement to the University but the University is not acting on it. I would not like to go into controversy of calculation. I direct the Principal of the College to forward a statement to the Finance Controller of the University, who would get the same examined and confirmed by the auditor , as appointed by the State Government within a period of one month from the date of receiving the statement from the college along with a copy of this order. In case any amount is found due 3 and payable, the University would immediately requisition the same from the State Government and the State Government would then ensure its payment within one month. State Government in the Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Bihar, would ensure its payment to the teachers. It is high time that both University and the State Government realized that teachers cannot be made to wait for their due remunerations for decades as officers of the State Government so with the teachers of the University they must be paid their remunerations within time. If due payments are not made within a period of two months aforesaid, the petitioners would be entitled to interest at the rate of 12% per annum from the time the amount was due and payable till the time payment is made. The interest so payable would be paid to the petitioners along with payment of the Principal amount and the State would be at liberty to charge the said payment of interest from the persons ,who is found responsible for the delay. With the aforesaid observations and directions, the writ petitions stands disposed of. singh ( Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.)