IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.19731 of 2010 1. MUKESH KUMAR SINGH, son of Sri Surendra Prasad Singh, resident of Village- Urain, P.S. Kajra, District- Lakhisarai 2. Vilash Kumar, son of Sri Yogendra Prasad, resident of Village- Koyali, Post- Khuraha, District- Bhagalpur …………….. Petitioners Versus 1. THE UNION OF INDIA through the Director General of Police, Central Reserve Police Force, New Delhi 2. Director General of Police, Central Reserve Police Force, New Delhi 3. Inspector General of Police, Central Reserve Police Force, Bihar Sector, Patna 4. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Group Centre, Central Reserve Police Force, Muzaffarpur 5. Deputy Inspector General of Police, Group Centre, Central Reserve Police Force, Ranchi, Jharkhand 6. Commandant, 203 Cobra Battalion, Central Reserve Police Force, Sindari, Jharkhand 7. Commandant 36 Battalion, Central Reserve Police Force, Khonsa, Tirap, Arunachal Pradesh ……………Respondents with CWJC No.20111 of 2010 KAMLESH YADAV, son of Sri Lal Sahab Yadav, resident of Village- Badka Rajpur, P.S. Simri, District- Buxar ……….. Petitioner Versus 1 THE UNION OF INDIA through the Director General of Police, Central Reserve Police Force, New Delhi 2 Director General of Police, Central Reserve Police Force, New Delhi 3 Inspector General of Police, Central Reserve Police Force, Bihar Sector, Patna 4 Deputy Inspector General of Police, Group Centre, Central Reserve Police Force, Muzaffarpur 5 Deputy Inspector General of Police, Group Centre, Central Reserve Police Force, Mokama Ghat, Patna 6 Commandant, 4th BN, Central Reserve Police Force, Raigadha, Orissa ……………Respondents 2 with CWJC No.237 of 2011 MUNNU KUMAR SINGH, son of Sri Baidyanath Singh, resident of Village- Baliapatti, P.S. G.B.Nagar (Tarwara), District- Siwan ………………………. Petitioner Versus 1 THE UNION OF INDIA through the Director General of Police, Central Reserve Police Force, New Delhi 2 Director General of Police, Central Reserve Police Force, New Delhi 3 Inspector General of Police, Central Reserve Police Force, Bihar Sector, Patna 4 Deputy Inspector General of Police, Group Centre, Central Reserve Police Force, Muzaffarpur 5 Deputy Inspector General of Police, Group Centre, Central Reserve Police Force, Jalandhar, Punjab 6 Commandant, 96 BN, Central Reserve Police Force, Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir ……………Respondents with CWJC No.713 of 2011 1. SHIV SHANKAR KUMAR, son of Sri Bhoju Prasad Singh, resident of Village- Ganora Badarpur, P.S. Madhusudanpur (Nathnagar), District- Bhagalpur 2. Vijit Kumar, son of Sri Janardan Prasad Yadav, resident of village- Hardia, P.S. Chauthan, District- Khagaria ………………… Petitioners Versus 1 THE UNION OF INDIA through the Director General of Police, Central Reserve Police Force, New Delhi 2 Director General of Police, Central Reserve Police Force, New Delhi 3 Inspector General of Police, Central Reserve Police Force, Bihar Sector, Patna 4 Deputy Inspector General of Police, Group Centre, Central Reserve Police Force, Muzaffarpur 5 Deputy Inspector General of Police, Group Centre, Central Reserve Police Force, Mokama Ghat, Patna 6 Commandant, 21 Battalion, Central Reserve Police Force, Dal Lake, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir ……………Respondents ----------- 3 For the petitioners: Mr. Manish Kumar, Advocate For Union of India: M/S Raghib Ahsan, Asst. S.G. & Shiv Kumar, C.G.C. -------------- 3. 14.1.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned Central Government Counsel for the respondents. The issues raised in the present batch of writ petitions are no longer res integra as the similarly situated persons as the present petitioners had earlier approached this Court by filing CWJC No. 14711/2004 and CWJC No. 927/2005, both of which were allowed by order dated 27.2.2006 holding that the petitioners were not responsible for the impasse which was created on account of investigation being made in the process and mode of appointment of those petitioners and the authorities of CRPF were directed not only to accept their joining in the battalion but also to pay the entire arrears of salary from the date of issue of letter dated 28.3.2004 till the date of joining in terms of the said order as also arrears of salary, if any, for the period between the initial date of joining pursuant to the appointment letter dated 4.7.2003 till the issue of letter 4 dated 28.3.2004 directing the petitioners to go back to their homes and further holding that after joining of the petitioners in compliance with the said order, they would be entitled to their current salary. It is asserted in the present writ petitions that the cases of all the petitioners stand on the similar footing as the petitioners of the two writ petitions disposed of by order dated 27.2.2006. The petitioners in the present writ petitions are stated to have joined on 6.3.2006 or thereabout. The said fact has not been denied in the counter affidavit. In the above circumstances, the present writ petitions are also disposed of with the direction to the authorities of the CRPF to pay the entire arrears of salary to the petitioners from the date of issue of letter dated 28.3.2004 till their respective dates of joining and also the arrears of salary for the period between the initial date of their joining pursuant to the appointment letter dated 4.7.2003 till the issue of letter dated 28.3.2004 directing the petitioners to go back to their homes. 5 So far as the issue of seniority is concerned, this Court, at this stage, does not consider it fit to decide the matter in the absence of others who may be affected by any such decision and leaves it open to the petitioners to represent the said matter before the respondent-authorities who may consider and dispose of such representations in accordance with law within a period of six months from the date of filing of such representations. S.Pandey ( Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)