IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7475 of 2009 FEKAN SINGH, son of Late Juthan Singh, resident of village Tengra, P.S. Barun, District Aurangabad Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Secretary-cum- Commissioner, Minor Irrigation Department, Bihar, Patna 3. Additional Secretary to the Government, Irrigation Department, Bihar, Patna 4. Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Division, Bhagalpur 5. Executive Engineer, Irrigation Division, Bounsi, Banka ----------- 02/ 06.07.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner is aggrieved by the office order, bearing Memo No. 587 dated 22.5.2009, Annexure-1 to this application, whereunder direction has been made to recover a sum of Rs. 19,897/- from his salary every month. 3. It is submitted on behalf of the petitioner that such direction has been issued in the light of the punishment order, bearing Memo No. 2513 dated 29.6.2005 as modified under Corrigendum, bearing Memo No. 8004 dated 4.12.2008 against which he has preferred appeal before the Secretary of the Department on 16.9.2005. It is further submitted on behalf of the petitioner that the said appeal is still pending and in order to make the appeal infructuous, present office order dated 22.5.2009, Annexure-1 has been issued by the Executive Engineer. 4. Let the Secretary of the Department, before whom the appeal has been filed against the original order dated 2 29.6.2005 and the modified order dated 4.12.2008, consider the representation of the petitioner for grant of interim relief until disposal of the appeal. The representation praying for interim relief be filed along with a certified copy of this order before the Secretary of the Department, who should consider the same in accordance with law and pass appropriate orders within two months of its receipt. 5. This writ application is, accordingly, disposed of. Arjun/ ( V.N. Sinha, J.)