IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1431 of 1994 Daman Kant Jha, Son of Late Pt. Sri Krishna Jha, Resident of Z/14 Ashiana Nagar, Police Station- Shastri Nagar, Town and District Patna, presently a Senior Advocate Practicing in the High Court of Judicature at Patna (since dead and substituted by his heirs). ------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar, through the Secretary, Department of Law (Justice), Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 2. The Secretary, Department of Law (Justice)-cum-Legal Remembrancer, Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 3. The Joint Secretary, Department of Law (Justice), Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 4. The Additional Secretary, Department of Law (Justice), Government of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 5. The District Magistrate, Siwan. --------- Respondents ----------- 9 4.8.2009 The prayer made in this writ application for payment of professional fee of late Doman Kant Jha, a senior Advocate of this Court stands partly redressed by an interim order dated 12.5.1994. The remaining grievance, if any, as with regard to the escalation of fee from Rs. 900/- to Rs. 1600/- for each day of his appearance can be only gone into and decided by the authorities of the State Government who had engaged him to render his professional service. That being so, this application is disposed of with a liberty to the legal heir of Mr. Jha to raise this question before the competent authority of the State Government 2 who is expected to take a final decision within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order and also pass a reasoned order in this regard. If upon such consideration late D.K.Jha is found to be entitled for any enhancement in his fee, the same may also be given effect to by making actual payment to the heirs of Mr. Jha in next three months. With the aforementioned observations and directions this application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)