IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.281 of 2006 SEBA NIVRIT NAGAR NIGAM KARAMCHARI SANGH & ANR. Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS . ----------- 7 28.04.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr. Ram Chandra Prasad Bharti, learned S.C.14 and Mr. Ajay Kumar Thakur, learned counsel for the Muzaffarpur Municipal Corporation and its functionaries. The issue raised in the writ petition is in the context of payment of the medical allowance of Rs. 100/- and dearness allowance payable together with pension amount in terms of the resolution of the State Government present at Annexure-5 of the writ petition dated 2.7.2001. Mr. Thakur, learned counsel for the Corporation submits that the employees of the respondent Corporation are already being provided with the medical allowance at the rate of Rs. 50/- and now they are claiming for enhancement thereof in terms of the resolution dated 2.7.2001 (Annexure-5) and which grievance of the petitioners has already been directed to the Secretary, Urban Development Department of the Government of Bihar, seeking guidelines - 2 - thereon. As the issue raised by the petitioners has already been taken up at the stage of the Municipal Commissioner of the respondent Corporation, the writ petition is disposed of with the observation that in case of acceptance of the proposal forwarded by the respondent Corporation by the Government, the amount claimed by the petitioner would be made available to them as per the finance available with the Corporation. In so far as the dearness allowance is concerned, the same being in the nature of individual relief, the petitioner can raise the same before the authority concerned which shall be considered and be disposed of in accordance with law. Bibhash (Jyoti Saran, J.)