IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5563 of 2008 1. Shyam Nandan Prasad Son of Sri Rajendra Prasad, resident of Mohalla: Nehru Tola, P.S. Chowk, Patna City, District Patna 2. Shailendra Kumar Verma, Son of Loknath Prasad, resident of village: Saida Bazar, P.S. Hilsa, District Nalanda … Petitioners Versus 1. The State Of Bihar, through the Chief Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna 2. The Secretary, Department of Secondary, Primary and Adult Education, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Vikas Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna 3. The Deputy Secretary, Department of Secondary, Primary and Adult Education, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna 4. The Director, Secondary, Primary and Adult Education, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna 5. The Director, Directorate of Adult and Non-formal Education, now known as Directorate of Mass Education, Primary and Adult Education Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 6. The Secretary, Welfare Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 7. The Director, L.C.D.S., Department of Welfare, Government of Bihar, Patna 8. The District Mass Education Officer, Bihar Sharif, District Nalanda 9. The District Mass Education Officer, Araria, District Araria ….. Respondents ----------- For the Petitioners :Mr. Sunil Kumar, Advocate For the State :Mr. Satish Kumar Sinha, AC to S.C.1 03/ 23.06.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and the State. Petitioners were appointed as Supervisor in the Adult Education Department, vide order bearing Memo No. 176 dated 13.2.1980, Annexure-1. Their services were terminated along with others under order bearing Memo No. 340 dated 19.9.2001, Annexure-3. Later, termination 2 order was challenged by others and petitioners along with others have been reinstated in the service of the State Government under order bearing No. 1135/2006 bearing Memo No. 2102 dated 20.7.2006, Annexure-9. This writ petition has been filed for payment of arrears of salary for the period during which they remained out of employment. It is submitted by the counsel for the State that another similarly situate employee, Arun Kumar, who is at serial no. 44 of the order dated 20.7.2006, Annexure-9, approached this Court for payment of arrears of salary for the period during which he remained out of employment vide C.W.J.C. No. 13737 of 2003 which was allowed, against which the State respondents preferred L.P.A. No. 116 of 2006, which was also partly allowed under orders dated 30.3.2006. Against the order dated 30.3.2006, State respondents have further preferred S.L.P.(C ) .. CC No. 5241 of 2007, which was considered by the Hon’ble Supreme Court on 11.7.2007 and notice has been issued in the matter with further direction to stay the impugned order of the Division Bench of this Court. Counsel for the State submitted that he has received communication from the Department that S.L.P. 3 (C ) … CC No. 5241 of 2007 is likely to be heard very soon in the month of July itself and in support of such contention, he has produced case status report issued in connection with Special Leave Petition (Civil) 12032 of 2007, which indicates that the said S.L.P. is pending. As learned counsel for the State has stated that the S.L.P. is likely to be heard very soon in the month of July itself, I dispose of this writ petition directing the State respondents to consider the request of the petitioners for payment of arrears of salary for the period during which he remained out of employment in the light of the orders of the Hon’ble Supreme Court passed in connection with S.L.P. (C ) Nos. 5241 of 2007 and 12032 of 2007 (State of Bihar Versus Arun Kumar) as early as possible in any case within the time granted by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the aforesaid S.L.P. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. Arjun/ ( V. N. Sinha, J.)