IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5509 of 2007 MITHLESH KUMAR SINHA Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. the Director(Primary Education) Human Resources Development Department, New Secretariat, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Nalanda. 4. The District Superintendent of Education, Nalanda 5. the Treasury Officer, nalanda………………………..Respondents. ----------- 2 10.9.2009 Petitioner has filed this writ application for issuance of a direction to the respondents to pay difference of salary of petitioner for the period Feb. 2004 to February 2005, which became due to him on account of revocation of his suspension, after deducting the subsistence allowance paid to him. A counter affidavit has been filed by the respondentno.4,in paragraph 10 of which it has been stated that the respondent no.4 has already sanctioned the amount for payment of differential amount of salary to the petitioner and has sent necessary instruction to respondent no.5 the Treasury Officer for release of amount. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that till now the amount has not been released from the Treasury. In view of the stand taken by the respondent no.4 that he has already sanctioned the amount and necessary instruction has been issued to the respondent no.5, this writ application is disposed of with a direction to the respondent No.5 the Treasury Officer , Nalanda to release the amount as sanctioned by the respondent no.4 to the petitioner within one month from the receipt/production of a copy of this order., failing which he shall be liable to pay interest on the due amount @ 10% per annum from his own pocket - 2 - after expiry of the said one month. This writ application is thus disposed of. (J.N. Singh, J) M.Rahman