IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9313 of 2008 RAMANAND RAM Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the petitioner :M/s Rupak Kumar & Nishant Kumar, Advocates For the State :Mr. Saroj Kumar Sharma, JC toAAG-11 02/ 03.7.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner at the relevant time was serving as Executive Engineer in the Road Construction Department and is accused in Bituman Scam, which was investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation. On account of implication in the said scam, he has been placed under suspension under notification of the State Government dated 3.5.2001, Annexure-1. 3. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that there is no end in sight of the criminal case pending against him and the suspension of the petitioner is required to be reviewed by the authorities of the department as by now he has remained in suspension for more than 7 years and his subsistence allowance has not been revised so far. 4. Let the petitioner represent before the Secretary of the Road Construction Department of the State Government about the revocation of his continued suspension as the criminal trial in which he is accused is not likely to end in near future. While reviewing the suspension order, the Secretary of the department will also be obliged to review the slab in which the petitioner is required to be paid subsistence allowance. The secretary shall consider the representation - 2 - of the petitioner and pass appropriate order in accordance with law and as also the different circulars of the State Government, which require review of the suspension in case of inordinate delay, as early as possible, in any case within two months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order. 5. This application is, accordingly, disposed of. Arjun/ (V.N. Sinha, J.)