IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10602 of 2009 CHANDAN & ANR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2. 07.10.2009 Heard the counsel for the petitioners and the counsel appearing for the state. Petitioners are assistant teachers, presently posted at Primary School, Alampur, Patna Sadar. Their prayer is that the respondents be directed to make payment of house rent allowance to the petitioner under the provisions of House Rent Allowance Rule, 1980 since the school in question, is situated within the area of eight kilometers of Patna Municipal Corporation and there is no housing in the said place for the employees where the petitioners are posted. It has been stated that under the ruled, the petitioners are entitled for payment of house rent allowance and that has been denied to them. Counter affidavit has been filed on behalf of that District Superintendent of Education, Patna (respondent No. 2) stating that the competent authority for sanction of house rent allowance, the Deputy Development Commissioner, Patna. Since the house rent allowance has been forwarded by the Block Education Extension Officer, Sadar, Patna to the office of the District Superintendent of Education, Sadar, Patna and the District Superintendent of Education, Sadar, Patna has found the claim of the petitioner to be genuine and as such, it has been processed and forwarded to the 2 Deputy Development Commissioner, Patna for sanction of the house rent. Considering the fact that entitlement of the petitioners has been admitted in the counter affidavit filed by respondent No. 2, there is no reason for delaying the matter any further by the respondents in making payment of house rent allowance. This writ application is being disposed of giving direction to Deputy Development Commissioner, Patna to make payment of house rent allowance to the petitioners for which they are entitled under the rules. The payment of arrears should be paid to the petitioner within eight weeks and so far the month to month house rent allowance is concerned, payment of that amount will be made to the petitioners on continuous basis. AKV/ (Mridula Mishra, J.)