IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.1203 of 2008 1. VIJAY SHANKAR SINGH son of late Sheo Mohan Singh, resident of Qr. No.156, Anugrahpuri Colony, Gaya, presently working as Programmer-cum-System Programmer/System Analyst, Computer Section, T M Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur 2. Pravin Kumar 3. Om Prakash Prasad 4. Birendra Kumar Sinha 5. Ranjit Kumar …. Petitioners Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Director, Higher Education, Human Resources Development Department of Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna, Sri Anjani Kumar Singh 2. Tilka Manjhi University through Vice Chancellor 3. The Vice Chancellor, T M Bhagalpur University Smt. Prema Jha 4. The Registrar, T M Bhagalpur University Sri V K Das 5. The Account Officer, T M Bhagalpur University Sri Sanjay Kumar Sinha ….Oppoposite Parties ----------- 02- 19.2.2010 Heard Mr. Subodh Kumar Jha for the petitioners, Mr. Anjani Kumar Sharan, Mr. Anjani Kumar Sharan, learned Standing Counsel no.20 for opposite party no.1, and Mr. Anil Singh for opposite party nos. 2 to 5. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the order has been complied during the pendency of the present proceeding. There was thus a delay of one year and three months in implementing the order of the Court. It is further stated that the order of this Court, whereby the University was directed to make payment of arrears of the salary from March 2000 to July 2001. This Court has all these years adopted a liberal approach towards the authorities regarding payment of arrears of salary and post-retirement benefits, and has normally declined to pay interest except deposits of general provident fund. This does not seem to have 2 yielded the desired result, writ petitions for payment of salary and post-retirement benefits continue unabated which may have to be chased by contempt applications. Stage has now reached that we should now shed out liberal approach. In that view of the matter, this application is disposed of with the direction to respondent no.4 (The Registrar, T M Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur), to pay costs of this application quantified at Rs.5000/- to each petitioner which shall be paid with their salary of the next month. 3. This application is accordingly disposed of. ( S K Katriar ) mrl