IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.1374 of 2007 SURAJ KUMAR Versus STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the petitioner : Mr.Gopal Shankar Prasad, Advocate For the respondents : Mr. A. Amanullah, Standing Counsel-XVII Mr. M.K.Pathak, Junior Counsel to Standing Counsel XVII ------ P R E S E N T Hon'ble the Chief Justice & Hon'ble Mr. Justice Kishore K. Mandal ----- Dated, the 02nd September, 2008 We heard the counsel for the parties. 2. The State counsel submits that the joining report of the petitioner pursuant to the order 28th November, 2006 has been accepted and that the petitioner is now on duty. The counsel for the petitioner accepts this position, but submits that no salary has been paid to the petitioner since he joined his duty about eight months back. 3. The State counsel assures that if the salary has not been paid to the petitioner, the same will be paid within one month from today and that monthly salary shall also be paid to him in time. 4. We, accordingly, dispose of this contempt application by the following order: - 2 - (i) The respondents shall ensure that the outstanding salary, if any, from the date the petitioner joined his duty pursuant to the order dated 28th November, 2006 until 31st August, 2008 is paid to him within one month from today. (ii) The salary from the month of September, 2008 and subsequent months shall be paid on or before 10th of each succeeding months. (iii) This does not preclude the respondents in taking action against the petitioner for which liberty has already been given in the order dated 28th November, 2006. R. M. Lodha, CJ Kishore K. Mandal, J. Sunil