IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.7583 of 2008 Asha Devi, w/o Vijay Prasad, resident of Village, Barisavan P.S. Shahpur, District Bhojpur………………………………………………………….….Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. The Director, Primary Education, Bihar, Patna. 3 The District Magistrate, Bhojpur (Ara) 4. The Block Development Officer, Shahpur, Bhojpur (Ara). 5. The Block Education Extension Officer, Shahpur. 6. The Mukhiya, Barsivan Panchayat, Block Shahpur, District Bhojpur. 7. The Panchayat Secretary, Barsivan Panchayat, Block Shahpur, District Bhojpur…………………………………………………………Respondents ---------------------------------- 3 08.08.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State. Petitioner’s case is that she was appointed as Shiksha Mitra on 09.11.2003 after her selection and after she completed her training. She asserts that she is still continuing in the school after the post was converted into a regular post of Panchayat Teacher. A certificate issued by the Headmaster of the School has been annexed as Annexure-6 with the supplementary affidavit. Petitioner submits that she had not been paid her honorarium of the period prior to 2 01.07.2006 and her salary of later period. The Writ application was filed on 08.05.2008 with service of two copies of the same in the office of the learned Advocate General. However, till today no counter affidavit has been filed. In the circumstances, this writ application is disposed of with a direction to the District Superintendent of Education/District Programme Officer, Bhojpur to get an enquiry held with regard to appointment and functioning of the petitioner in the school. If from the records available he is satisfied that the petitioner has been appointed in the school as a fact and continued in the school as such, he shall take further steps to enquire as to under what circumstances and for what period, honorarium/salary of the petitioner has not been paid. After ascertaining that, he will consider the question of payment of her due honorarium on the basis of actual period of her working, within a period of three months from the date of receipt / 3 production of a copy of this order. To facilitate early steps in this regard, petitioner shall file a representation before him along with a copy of this order. BT (J. N. Singh, J.)