IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1228 of 2007 Kapil Deo Das S/o late Kaleshwar Das, R/o Moushani, P.S. Kajra, District-Lakhisarai. ..........Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar/Jharkhand through Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Govt. of Bihar, Patna/Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi. 2. The Engineer in Chief, R.E.O., Rular Development Department, Patna, Bihar/Ranchi, Jharkhand. 3. The Chief Engineer, R.E.O., Rular Development Department, Patna, Bihar/Ranchi, Jharkhand. 4. The Superintending Engineer, R.E.O., Rular Development Department Patna, Bihar/Dumka, Jharkhand. 5. The Executive Engineer, R.E.O., Works Division, Sahebganj, Jharkhand/Jahanebad, Bihar. 6. The Principal Secretary, Road Construction Department, Road Division, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi. 7. The Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Road Construction Department, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi. 8. The Engineer in Chief, Road Construction Department, Jharkhand, Ranchi. 9. The Chief Engineer, (M) Road Construction Department, Jharkhand, Ranchi. 10. The Superintending Engineer, Road Construction Department, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. 11. The Executive Engineer, Road Construction Department, Bokaro, Jharkhand. 12. The Assistant Engineer, Road Construction Department, Chas, Bokaro, Jharkhand. 13. The Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Building Construction Department Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 14. The Engineer in Chief, Building Construction Department, Patna, Bihar. 15. The Chief Engineer, Building Construction Department, Patna, Bihar. 16. The Superintending Engineer, Building Construction Department, Purnia, Bihar. 17. The Executive Engineer, Building Construction Department, Kishanganj, Bihar. 18. The Deputy Secretary, R.E.O., Rular Development Department, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi. 2 19. The Deputy Secretary, Road Construction Department, Govt. of Jharkhand, Ranchi. 20. The Deputy Secretary, Building Construction Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. ...........Respondents ----------- 02 28.07.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, the State of Jharkhand and the State of Bihar. Petitioner is presently serving as Junior Engineer, in the Building Construction Division, Kishanganj. This writ petition has been filed by him, praying inter alia to direct the respondent authorities of the State of Bihar and Jharkhand to pay him the arrears of salary for the period between 1st January, 1998 to 31st July, 2005, when the petitioner served at Sahebganj, Pathana Headquarter, then at Headquarter Patna, Arwal, Chaibasa, Ranchi, Bokaro and after cadre allotment in the year 2005, he joined the State of Bihar with effect from 1st August, 2005 at Kishanganj. In this connection, counsel for the State of Jharkhand with reference to the provisions contained in Section 58 of the Bihar Re-organization Act, 2000, states that arrears of salary for the period during which the petitioner served united Bihar as also 3 after division of united Bihar, State of Jharkhand, the arrears is required to be paid by the authorities of the Bihar State and the amount paid to the petitioner for the service rendered to the State of Jharkhand shall be adjusted at the time of settlement of accounts between the State of Bihar and Jharkhand. Having heard the counsel for the petitioner, State of Jharkhand and the State of Bihar, I direct the petitioner to represent before the Secretary of the Administrative Department, whereunder he is presently serving for payment of his arrears of salary for the period between 01.01.1998 to 31.07.2005, which representation should be considered by the learned Secretary as early as possible in any case, within three months from the date of its receipt. The application stands disposed off. Safik ( V.N. Sinha, J.)