IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8793 of 2011 Satyadeo Mishra S/o Late Radha Krishna Mishra, residing at Mohalla- West Karghiya, Registrar Colony Ward No.2 Bettiah, West Champaran------------------------------Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Secy. Water Resources Depatt. Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3. The Chief Engineer (North) Tube Well Depatt. Minor Irrigation Depatt. Muzaffarpur 4. The Superintending Engineer Tube well circle, Muzaffarpur 5. The Executive Engineer, Tube well Division, Bettiah West Champaran------------------------Respondents ---------------------------------- 2 18.8.2011 Claim of the petitioner is that all similarly situated employees working in the Tube Well Circle under the respondents have been granted benefit of pay scale of Rs. 4500/- to 7000/- whereas the petitioner is getting pay scale of Rs. 4000/- to 6000/-. From the several communications which have been brought on record his claim seems to have been considered and recommended by the subordinate authority to the higher authority. One such letter is letter of the Superintending Engineer, Tube Well Division, Muzaffarpur which is letter no. 463 dated 14.10.2006. This has been addressed to the Chief Engineer North Tube Well Division Miner Irrigation Department, Muzaffarpur. Only because the said respondent has not decided the matter the petitioner has been compelled to come to this Court. If all similarly situated employees had given the pay scale based on the recommendation of the 6th Pay Revision Committee then there is no reason why the petitioner has been given a separate pay scale. There is a recommendation that same kind of parity should be maintained in all divisions with regard to such employee. 2 In this background this writ application is disposed of with a categorical direction upon the Chief Engineer North, i.e. respondent no.3 that he shall decide the claim of the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of production/communication of a copy of this order in the light of the fact noted above as well as taking cognizance of annexure-7 which is the letter no. 463 dated 14.10.2006. RPS ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)