IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2831 of 2011 Ram Naresh Choudhary & Ors Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors ----------- For the petitioners: Mr.Prafull Chandra Jha, Advocate For the State: Mr. Prabhu Narayan Sharma, A.C. For the University: Mr. Santosh Kumar Jha, Advocate -------------------- 2. 21.9.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsels for the University and for the State. The petitioners have approached this Court for payment of arrears of salary for the period from November, 1986 to February, 2007 as also difference of arrears of salary for the period from 1.4.1997 to November, 2010 after implementation of the 5th Pay Revision and the further difference of arrears of salary on the basis of merger of 50% Dearness Allowances in the basic pay and the other allowances on the basis of re-calculation of the revised Dearness Allowances, etc. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the claims of the petitioners have already been examined by the authorities of M.L.S.M. College, Darbhanga and the calculation charts of the amounts found payable to them have been enclosed as annexure-1 series to the writ petition. In the aforesaid circumstances, the writ application is disposed of with a direction to the petitioners to file fresh 2 representations before the Vice Chancellor, Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga within four weeks from today along with a copy of this order giving details of their claims and the Vice Chancellor is directed to dispose of their claims within a period of three months thereafter. In case any part of the claims of the petitioners is rejected, the same must be done by passing a reasoned order and payments shall also be made to the petitioners within a further period of four months thereafter for which purpose, if necessary, requisition shall be made to the Human Resources Development Department of the State Government, which shall release the funds within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of the requisition from the University. VPS ( Ramesh Kumar Datta, J. )