IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.781 of 2009 NANHKU RAM Son of Late Yuga Ram, resident of Village-Paithoni Nathupur P.S.-Phulwarisarif District- Patna Versus 1. VISHWANATH SINGH, the Commissioner cum Chief Executive Officer, Patna Municipal Corporation Budh Marg, Patna 2. P.K. Singh, the Chief Accounts Officer, Patna Municipal Corporation, Budh Marg, Patna ----------- 3. 27.04.2011 A direction was issued for payment of salary in favour of the petitioner based on the premise that the State was equally responsible for shouldering the responsibility for payment of dues to the employees in addition to the respondent Patna Municipal Corporation. Some developments have taken place, thereafter and the State has refused to shoulder the burden. A show cause has been filed on behalf of the opposite parties stating that the claim to the extent of Rs. 51 crores has been raised on the State but no fund has been released by the State so far and the Patna Municipal Corporation does not have any source to generate such kind of funds. In that view of the matter, the opposite parties do not deny but express their inability to make payment within the reasonable time frame which has been fixed by this Court in the earlier part of the order. 2 Taking into consideration the aforesaid fact this Court is not inclined to take cognizance of the contempt in this matter. This writ application is disposed of with the above observation. Anand Kr. ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)