IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.3597 of 2010 NAGESHWAR JHA Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS. ----------- 5. 16.3.2011. Heard Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Pandey learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner and Mr. Md. Ataul Haque, learned Assisting Counsel to G.P.4 appearing on behalf of the opposite party no.1. By order dated 10.2.2010, the writ petition was disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to raise his grievance before the Principal Secretary, the Department of Industries, Government of Bihar with supportive documents to establish his claim regarding superannuation as an employee of the Government of Bihar which claim of the petitioner was to be considered and disposed of by a speaking order, in accordance with law, within a period of three months. A show cause has been filed during the course of the proceedings to day by the learned counsel for the State 2 enclosing an order contained in memo no.592 dated 22.2.2011 passed by the Principal Secretary, Industries Department rejecting the claim of the petitioner. It is mentioned in the said order that the services of the petitioner was temporary at the stage of his transfer to the respondents authority and that the petitioner was absorbed in the services of Darbhanga Industrial Development Authority. It is mentioned that the lien of the petitioner was terminated. In the light of the said findings, the representation of the petitioner was rejected. The order is placed at Annexure-A to the show cause. Mr. Pandey, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the said order is in the teeth of a judicial pronouncement of this court and is contrary to the facts available on the records. Be that as it may, as the order of this court stands complied at the 3 hands of the Principal Secretary, Industries Department, nothing survives in the contempt application and the same is disposed of but after reserving liberty to the petitioner to challenge the said order dated 22.2.2011 passed by the Principal Secretary, in an appropriate proceedings before an appropriate forum. ahk (Jyoti Saran, J)