IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15232 of 2006 SUNITA KUMARI @ SUNITA DEVI, wife of Shiv Kumar Yadav, resident of village Balbhadrapur, P.S. Lakhnaur, District Madhubani … Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Secretary, Primary and Adult Education Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The Collector, Madhubani Collectorate, Madhubani 4. The District Superintendent of Education, Madhubani 5. The Block Education Extension Officer, Lakhnaur Block, District Madhubani 6. The Mukhiya, Kaithinia Gram Panchayat, P.S. Lakhnaur, District Madhubani 7. The Panchayat Secretary, Kaithinia Gram Panchayat, P.S. Lakhnaur, District Madhubani 8. The Headmaster, Rajkiya Prathmik Vidyalaya, Balbhadrapur, P.S. Lakhnaur, District Madhubani … Respondents ----------- 3. 23.6.2011 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. In this writ application the prayer of the petitioner for payment of her honorarium is based on a very plain and simple premise that even when she had worked as a Panchayat Shiksha Mitra in the period 18th of May, 2005 to 31st October, 2006 her such honorarium had not been paid by the respondents. Normally such an issue could have been easily and immediately decided by this Court had there been a counter affidavit on 2 behalf of the official respondents. The official respondents, however, have forgotten their duty towards this Court as with regard to filing of their counter affidavit even when the writ application remains pending for years together. In such a situation, this Court would for the time being direct the Collector of Madhubani District to ensure that the claim of payment of honorarium of the petitioner is examined and decided so that the petitioner is paid her admissible amount, if any, for the admitted period of her working. In order to shorten this process this Court would give liberty to the petitioner to file a self contained representation alongwith a copy of this order before the Collector of Madhubani District within a period of four weeks from today and in the event such a representation is filed alongwith a copy of this order the Collector of the District will be under obligation to pass his order in next three months so that any amount if found payable to the petitioner is also paid to her by the concerned respondent in next two months. In 3 nut shell the entire exercise with regard to payment of honorarium to the petitioner must be completed within a period of six months in all. It is, however, made clear that if such admissible amount has been paid to the petitioner during the pendency of the writ application the Collector of the District will only inform the petitioner with regard to this fact withing the aforesaid time. With the aforementioned observation and direction, this application is disposed of. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/