IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1131 of 2008 1.Kedar Nath Singh son of Harideo Prasad Singh, Assistant Teacher Middle School Khodabandpur, Anchal Khodabandpur, P.S. Khodabandpur, District- Begusarai 1.Awdhesh Prasad Singh, son of Diwakar Prasad Singh, Assistant Teacher Middle School, Tara Bariyarpur, Anchal- Khodabandpur, P.S. Khodabandpur, District- Begusarai 3.Ram Narayan Das, son of Gulo Das, Assistant Teacher, Middle School, Anchal Khodabandpur, P.S. Khodabandpur, District- Begusarai ……………. Petitioners Versus 1.The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Primary Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2.The Director, Primary Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3.The District Magistrate, Begusarai 4.The District Superintendent of Education, Begusarai ………. Respondents. ----------- 2. 07/09/2010 Petitioners’ prayer is for a direction to the respondents to grant them Intermediate Trained Scale at par with similarly situated other teachers. In the counter affidavit, it is stated that Matric Trained Scale and Intermediate Trained Scale were merged and a new pay scale was introduced. Petitioners’ scale was fixed at Rs.1290. It is submitted that the petitioners cannot claim parity with other teachers who may not have been granted scale lawfully. It is submitted that the petitioners may be directed to file representation before the Director, Primary 2 Education, who may be directed to examine the entitlement of the petitioner and pass appropriate orders. Learned counsel for the petitioners also agrees to it. In the circumstances, this writ application is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file a representation before the Director, Primary Education within one month from today. If such a representation is filed, the Director, Primary Education shall consider the same and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law preferably within three months thereafter. It is made clear that this Court has not considered the merits of the claim of the petitioners. Pradeep/ ( J. N. Singh,J.)