IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.161 of 2007 SURYA NARAIN SINHA, son of late Tara Shankar Prasad, resident of near Head Post Office- Mahatma Gandhi Path, Menhadichak, Bhagalpur Zone-1,Correspondence Clerk( retired)…Petitioner Versus 1. STATE OF BIHAR 2. Sri Arun Kumar Singh, Commissioner-cum- Secretary to the Government of Bihar, Public Works Department (P.W.D.), P.W.D. Secretariat, Bishweshraia Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna-800001. 3. Sri Dev Narayan Prasad, Chief Engineer (Building), Public Works Department, Bihar ( P.W.D.), Patna. 4. Sri Pramod Kumar, the Superintending Engineer, Building Circle, Public Works Department, P.W.D., Bhagalpur. 5. Sri Rakesh Kumar, Executive Engineer, Building Division, Public Works Department, P.W.D., Munger. 6. Sri Rakesh Kumar, Executive Engineer, Building Division, Public Works Department. 7. Sri Rakesh Kumar, Technical Adviser, Building Division, Public Works Department ( P.W.D.), Bhagalpur…. Opposite Parties. ----------- 9. 9.9.2009 As directed earlier by this Court, the Treasury Officer, Bhagalpur is personally present in Court. In the supplementary show cause filed on his behalf, it is stated that the entire payments due to the petitioner have already been made to him on 12.8.2009. Learned counsel for the petitioner makes a grievance that an amount of Rs. 78,000/- and odd has been deducted from the payments made to him on the ground that the promotion granted to him in the year 1979 has been withdrawn, whereas no such communication has been made to him earlier. Certainly the same is not a matter to be considered under the contempt jurisdiction of this Court. In the above circumstances, the contempt application is dismissed. If the petitioner is aggrieved by the action of the authorities, he may challenge the same in appropriate proceedings. 2 The personal appearance of the Treasury Officer, Bhagalpur is dispensed with. VPS (Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)