IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5319 of 2009 Sudhanshu Shekhar Tripathi Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors ----------- 2/ 25/07/2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Learned counsel for the petitioner confines and moulds the submissions seeking the only relief for payment of officiating allowance under Rule-103 of the Bihar Service Code on the contention that he is substantively employed as District Employment Officer, Vaishali at Hazipur, he has been given officiating charge of Employment Officer, University Bureau at Patna also. Learned counsel for the State submits that the petitioner had requested for the additional posting. Whether the petitioner had requested or not is irrelevant. What is relevant is that if the respondents as an employer have opted to give him dual charge, they are bound to pay him officiating allowance for the additional charge in accordance with law. The writ application is allowed in the aforesaid terms. KC ( Navin Sinha, J.)