IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.96 of 1997 1. Kapildeo Sharma son of late Shankar Thakur 2. Raghubans Singh son of late Kewal Singh 3. Debi Prasad son of late Shiv Narain 4. Jaimangal Prasad son of late Anandi sao 5. Shamim Ahmed son of late Hamin Ahmed 6. Kamla Prasad Pandey son of late Ishwar Pandey 7. Kamla Devi D/O Bhagirath Singh 8. Ahsan Akhtar son of late Yunus. 9. Prem Kumar Mishra son of Jagarnath Mishra. 10. Md. Ibrahim son of late Wazir Mian 11. Rageswari Prasad son of late Jaiplal Prasad 12. Dinesh Prasad son of late Ram Briksh Thakur. 13. Ram Narain Lal son of late O.T. Lal. 14. Mohan Lal II son of Kailash Prasad. 15. Ashok Kumar son of Late Aklu Ram 16. Sharwan Kumar son of Ramchander Pandey. 17. Ram Babu Thakur son of late Ram Chandra Thakur. 18. Kameshwar Pd. Singh son of Ramkhelawan Singh 19. Satya Narain Lal son of Late Radhe Lal 20. Amarnulah son of late Makbool. 21. Abdul Wahed son of late Abdul Wajid. 22. Santosh Kumar Yadav son of late Saligram Yadav 23. Rajendra Prasad son of Nathuni Prasad. 24. Ram Kishan Rajak son of Jalim Rajak. 25. Shibnath Mahto son of late R.K. Mahto 26. Ramji Mahto son of late Jaikushun Mahto 27. Sunder Mahto son of late Prasad Mahto. 28. Sohan Lal son of Kailash Prasad. 29. Rageswar Prasad son of late Jaipal Prasad. 30. Deb-baran Mahto son of late Sarni Lal. 31. Om Prakash son of late Chetlal Ram 32. Jitendra Kumar Singh son of Baijnath Singh. 33. Binod Kumar son of late Prasad Yadav. 34. Satyadeo Narain Singh son of Bishundeo Narain Singh. 35. Bijay Kumar Yadav son of late Jamuna Yadav. 36. Gayanand Singh son of late Dinanath Singh. 37. Bishun Lal son of late Muni Lal. 38. Swapan Kumar Dutta son of Brajendra Dutta. 39. Ram Bali Sharma son of Ram Anuj Singh. 40. Md. Mohamood son of late Md. Abed. 41. Jagdish Narain son of late Sarni Lal. 42. Ambika Prasad son of Praridh Ram. 43. Basudeo Prasad Rajak son of late P.Rajak. 44. Aklu Mahto son of late Mishiri Lal. 45. Ramji Prasad Singh son of late Sarjug Prasad Singh. 46. Ganesh Prasad son of late Nathuni Lal. 47. Hari Narain Prasad son of late Dasrath Prasad. 48. Phudan Choudhary son of late Somri Chaudhary. 49. Shiblal Choudhary son of late Somri Chaudhary. 2 50. Anuplal Singh son of late Maji Lal Singh 51. Lalan Prasad Singh son of late Sidhari Singh 52. Sudheswar Rout son of late Ramdhani Rout. 53. Dasrath Ram son of Nathuni Ram. 54. Kedar Choudhary son of Naumi Chaudhary. 55. Janki Das son of Govind Das. 56. Dayum Uddin son of late Abdul Karim. 57. Kapil Singh son of late Dukhit Singh. 58. Jagdish Gope son of late Nauimi Yadav. 59. Lakhi Narain son of late Faujdari. 60. Naresh Kumar son of late Baijnath Prasad. 61. Sahubuddin Ansari son of late Samruddin Ansari. 62. Lal Babu Son of Ramjatan Prasad. 63. Gupteshwar Prasad @ Gupteshwar son of B.N.Prasad. 64. Surajdeo Prasad Sinha son of N.P.Sinha. 65. Jainarain Prasad son of late Bhailal 66. Ramesh Paswan son of Deo Narain Prasad 67. Mohan Lal Gupta son of late Kanu Saheb. 68. Janki Prasad son of Gokhul Prasad. All the petitioners are working at Bihar Secretariat Press, Gulzarbagh, Patna-800007, P.S. Gulzarbagh (Alamganj), Town and District Patna. – Petitioners. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Secretary, Department of Finance, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna-15. 3. Deputy Secretary, Department of Finance, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna-15. 4. Joint Secretary, Department of Finance, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna-15. 5. Director-cum-Superintending, Bihar Secretariat Press, Gulzarbagh, Patna-7. 6. Superintendent, Press Forums, Gaya – Respondents. ----------- 6/ 17-09-2010 None appears on behalf of the petitioners. Heard Mr. Yogendra Prasad Sinha, A.A.G. 5. The petitioners are posted as Book-binders in Bihar Secretariat Press, Guljarbagh. They seek direction to the State Government to grant them higher pay scale than their counter part in Government Printing Press , Gaya, because duties and functions of the petitioners are more arduous and onerous. Their request has been rejected by 3 the State Government by orders dated 13.09.1996, 04.12.1993 and 31.08.1995 (Annexure-1, 2 and 3). The respondents have placed on record their counter-affidavit. We have perused the materials on record and considered the submissions of learned counsel for the State. It appears to us that the petitioners have not been able to establish that their duties and functions as book- binders, compared to their counter-part in Government Press , Gaya, are more onerous. They are performing same or similar duties and functions. The only difference is change of place of posting. We, therefore, entirely agree with the impugned order. No ground for interference is made out. The writ petition is dismissed. BTiwary/ ( S. K. Katriar, J.) ( Birendra Prasad Verma, J.)