IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9117 of 2009 RADHIKA RAMAN PRASAD Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2 7.8.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner is working as an Assistant Teacher in the Government aided Dr.Ambedkar Madhya Vidyalaya, Bairagi, Gaya. His case is that difference of cost of living allowance as also other reliefs as described in Paragraph-1 of the writ application as per the Government policy decision be paid to him. For similar reliefs earlier, teachers of Elementary Schools had approached this Court and several writ applications were decided in analogous cases. A direction was issued to the Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Department of Human Resources and Development, Government of Bihar to constitute a committee to undergo the exercise of deciding the claim of the teachers who are entitled for difference of cost of living allowance and other allowances with effect from 1.4.1983 till date or till retirement. The petitioner has no information whether any such committee has been constituted which conduct any enquiry deciding the claim of rightful persons regarding their entitlement in the matters of cost of living allowance. If any such committee has been constituted by 2 the Commissioner-cum-Secretary of Department of Human Resources and Development, Government of Bihar, the petitioner should file his representation before it and in case of filing of such representation, the committee will consider the case of the petitioner regarding his entitlement for benefit as prayed for in Paragraph-1 of the writ application and dispose it of within two months from the date of filing such representation. With the directions/observations, this writ application is disposed of. SKBOSE (Mridula Mishra)