IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12259 of 2004 1. ARUN KUMAR SHARMA son of Sri Vidya Binod Sharma, resident of Mithapur Khagaul Road, P.S.-Jakkanpur, Patna 2. Sheo Shankar Thakur, son of Jaigobind Thakur, resident of Village-Bhawanipur Zerat, Post-Motihari, P.S.-Chhatbani, District-East Champaran 3. Kumar Aditya Narayan Singh son of late Ram Kripal Singh, resident of Village- Gardh Baruar, Post-Gardh Baruar, P.S.-Baruer, District-Supaul 4. Harendra Prasad Singh son of Sri Prabhu Singh, resident of Village- Khakhara, P.O.- Ladoura, P.S.- Pakari, District-Muzaffarpur 5. Braj Kishore Singh son of late Raghaw Prasad Singh, resident of Village-Mathiya Bhopat, Post-Velwa, P.S.- Belba, District-East Champaran (Motihari) 6. Sri Narayan Singh son of late Sitaram Singh, resident of village-Mathivawa, Post and P.S. Pipra, Daniodarpur, District-East Champaran, (Motihari) All are at present working on their respective posts at B.I.T. Sindari, Dhanbad. 7. Madan Kant Labh son of late Ayodhya Prasad Labh, resident of village-Ghoghia, Post-Ghoghia, P.S.-Bahera, District-Darbhanga, at present posted at Government polytechnic Darbhanga -----------Petitioners Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Secretary, Science and Technology Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Additional Secretary, Science and Technology Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 4. The Director, Science and Technology, Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 5. The District-Magistrate, Motihari 6. The Principal, Indian Engineering College, East Champaran at Motihari. ---------------Respondents. ----------- For the Petitioners:- Mr. Purushattam Jha, Adv. For the State:- S.C.-9 ----------- 2 5. 06.08.2010 All these petitioners claiming themselves to be the original employees of what is known as Indian Engineering College, Motihari. According to them their services were taken over in the year 1991 under Bihar Private Engineering Colleges taken over Act 1991. In terms of the said legislation the petitioners became government servants with effect from 31.1.1991, subject to the confirmation and re-determination of their service conditions by the State Government. The transition took time and payments of salary etc. were not made for many a years. Many writ applications came to be filed from time to time and the Court has directed payments in those cases. In the present case, issue is payment of arrears of salary from September, 1993 to September 1994 including payment of increment etc. which would accrue for the said period. Learned counsel for the petitioner has produced before this Court a notification dated 24.1.2008 where certain directions were issued to release all payments to such employees after due verification. Stand of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that payment of salary for that period has not yet been resolved despite notification no. 217 dated 24.1.2008. The writ application is disposed of with a 3 direction upon the respondents that they will verify the position with regard to claim of payment to the petitioners and if the fact of non-payment emerges on verification, steps will be taken for their payment within a reasonable time frame. The Court expects that the matter may be sorted out within a maximum period of six months from the date of communication/production of a copy of this order. The writ application is disposed of with the above direction. Anand Kr. ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)