IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1548 of 2005 SRI RAM DAS TATWA S/O LATE HITO TATWA R/O VILLAGE + PO- FATEHPUR VAIA CHAMPA NAGAR PS- NATH NAGAR DISTT- BHAGALPUR--------------- PETITIONER Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION,BHAGALPUR 3 THE DISTRICT PROVIDENT FUND OFFICER,BHAGALPUR--------- -------RESPONDENTS WITH CWJC No.1706 of 2005 MOST.SHAKUNTALA DEVI W/O LATE MAHENDRA KISHSORE SHARMA, R/O VILLAGE-BHIKANPUR P0-AMARPUR DISTT- BANKA--- ----------------------------PETITIONER Versus The respondents are the same as in CWJC No 1548 of 2005,except respondent no.2 A.G.Bihar WITH CWJC No.2094 of 2005 RAMAKANT RAI S/O LATE GOSAI RAI R/O VILLAAGE- FATAHPUR VIA-CHAMPRA NAGAR,PS-NATH NAGAR,DISTT BHAGALPUR-------------------------PETITIONER Versus The respondents are the same as in CWJC No. 1548 of 2005 WITH CWJC No.2095 of 2005 SRI MURLIDHAR RAI S/O LATE JAILAL RAI R/O VILLAGE FATEHPUR VIA-CHAMPA NAGAR PS.-NATHNAGER DISTT-BHAGALPUR ------------------------------PETITIONER Versus The respondents are the same as in CWJC No. 1548 of 2005 WITH CWJC No.2134 of 2005 RAM NIRANJAN RAI S/O LATE VISHWANATH RAI R/O VILLAGE FATAHPUR VIA- CHAMPANAGAR,PS-NATHNAGAR,DISTT-BHAGALPUR- -----------------------------------PETITIONER Versus The respondents are the same as in CWJC No. 1548 of 2005 with CWJC No.2433 of 2005 NIRMALA CHOUDHARY W/O LATE NAWAL KISHORE CHOUDHARY R/O MOHALLA NAWAL NIRMAL NIWAS PURANISARAI PS. NATH NAGAR DISTT-BHAGALPUR--- --------------------------PETITIONER Versus The respondents are the same as in CWJC No. 1548 of 2005,except respondent no.4,Treasury Officer WITH CWJC No.2438 of 2005 PADMINI TIWARI W/O LATE REJENDRA TIWARY R/O VILLAGE-MAKANDPUR PO-RANNUCHAK MAKANDPUR PS- NATH NAGAR DISTT- BHAGALPUR---PETITIONER Versus The respondents are the same as in CWJC No. 1548 of 2005,except respondent no.4 Treasury Officer ----------- - 2 - 8 30.1.2009 Heard learned counsel for the parties. In all these writ applications the relief prayed for by the petitioners was payment of difference of salary from 1.1.1971 to 31.3.1973 which was deposited in the provident fund account at the relevant time and suspense amount from 1.4.1974 to May, 1976. In the counter affidavits filed on behalf of the District Superintendent of Education, Bhagalpur statement has been made that difference of salary has been paid to the petitioners, but there is some problem in payment of suspense amount for the period from 1.4.1974 to May, 1976 because large number of teachers have been paid and some teachers have claimed twice over. Therefore a committee has been set up to enquire into the matter and only after the outcome of the enquiry this amount would be paid to such persons who have not been paid the amount earlier. Counter affidavit in question has been filed sometime in the month of September, 2007. Three is no information about the present status of so called enquiry which has been ordered. But the matter cannot be kept pending indefinitely on the ground of enquiry and some conclusion must be reached by the enquiry committee in this regard. The Court is of the opinion that respondent should make an endeavour to conclude the enquiry put the account in order and dependent upon the outcome of the enquiry pay the - 3 - suspense amount as claimed by these petitioners if they have not been paid already. The exercise in this regard must be completed within nine months from the date of communication or production of a copy of this order. These writ applications stand disposed of with the above direction. RPS (Ajay Kumar Tripathi,J.)