1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.7397/09 Kailash Chand Meena vs. State & Ors. Date of order : 15/7/2009. HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ Shri S.R. Surana for the petitioner. ****** This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner, who is President of Rajasthan Nagar Palika Karamchari Sangh, Upshakha Municipal Board, Todabheem complaining that employees of Municipal Board, Todabheem are not being salary since September, 2008. It is contended that the Government has passed an order on 19.5.07 directing that payment of some of Rs.3,20,000 should be made to the Municipal Board, Todabheem as a grant. Subsequently, however, by order dated 21.5.08, this amount was reduced to only Rs.1,09,000/-. The aforesaid grant was sanctioned for the financial year 2008-09. It is contended that the amount, which was reduced, was diverted to Municipal Board Pidawa vide order Ex.-6. More amount of grant-in-aid was liable to be sanctioned for Municipal board, Todabheem because the 2 Government had abolished the collection of octroi and now the government is not fulfilling its commitment, resultantly, the employees of the Municipal Board, Todabheem and their families, who have not received payment of salary for last nine to ten months, are on the verge of starvation. They are running their household on borrowings from relatives and friends and now they are facing difficulty even for meeting the bare minimum of their family from such resources. There are 48 employees out of which 13 are Safai Karamcharies. Taking into consideration the urgency in the matter, the notices of the writ petition were issued to the respondents on 3.7.09. Despite service of notice, however, no one has appeared on behalf of the respondents. Having regard to the nature of the prayer and considering the hardship faced by the employees of Municipal Board Todabheem, this writ petition is disposed of with direction to the respondents to ensure payment of salary to the employees of Municipal Board, Todabheem in the following manner: 3 i) salary from the first of the next month and thereafter in each separate month shall be paid on regular basis. ii) that with salary of each of the coming months, outstanding salary of past two months shall be paid, till all the arrears are paid. It shall be the responsibility of the Secretary, Local Self Government and Director, Local Bodies for Rajasthan, Jaipur to ensure compliance of this order. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. (MOHAMMAD RAFIQ), J. RS/