IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.470 of 1991 12 25.1.2010 Smt. Malti Verma, wife of late Nagendra Prasad Verma, Founder Headmistress of Kedar Nath Balika Uchha Vidyalaya Mithapur, P.S. Jakkanpur (Gardanibagh) District,Patna ...... PETITIONER VERSUS 1. The State of Bihar 2. Shree Sachhita Kumar Sinha, son of not known The Director (Secondary Education), Human Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, Budha Marg, Patna 3. Shree Parmanand Pandey, son of not known, District Education Officer, Patna 4. Smt. Radha Sinha, wife of not known, Headmistress of Project Girls High Schoo, Nagawa, Police Station- Naubatpur, District Patna ....... OPP. PARTIES -------- For the petitioner : M/s Rajendra Pd. Singh,Sr. Advocate Onkar Kumar, Advocate For the State : Mr V.M.K.Sinha, SC 3 -------- Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that Annexure-1 contains order dated 19.4.1991 whereby the State and its authorities and other parties of CWJC No.2829 of 1991 (Smt. Malti Verma v. State of Bihar & ors.) were directed to maintain status quo until further orders in respect of the petitioner of that case. According to learned counsel for the petitioner, the authorities interfered in the working of the petitioner 2 Smt. Malti Verma by making an alternative arrangement for payment of salary to the teachers and non-teaching staff of the school in questing through an order contained in Annexure-15 dated 16.3.1992 but issued through a memo dated 17.3.1992. This MJC application has been listed along with CWJC No.2829 of 1991. On going through the order- sheet of that writ petition, it is clear that on 3.12.1991 a Division Bench after noticing the ongoing conflict between the petitioner and respondent no.4 in respect of post of Headmistress of the school, made a clarification that if the State Government finds any difficulty in paying the salary to the teachers because of infighting between the two parties, it may make an interim arrangement for paying the same. Obviously, the interim arrangement has been made by the Director (Secondary Education) –cum- Joint Secretary, Government of Bihar in the light of order of the Court passed in CWJC No.2829 of 1991 on 3.12.1991. In the facts and circumstances of the case, we are not persuaded to hold that there has been any willful 3 violation of the order of the status quo contained in Anenxure-1. Hence, the prayer to initiate a contempt proceeding against the concerned officials is rejected. The MJC application stands disposed of. (Shiva Kirti Singh,J.) (Jyoti Saran, J.) sk