IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7450 of 2003 Shri Niwas Sharma, Son of Shri Kamta Sharma, Resident of Village Kharakchak, P.S. Neura, P.S. Fulwari, District Patna, presently posted as Forst Guard in the office of Forest Project Division, Bettiah, West Champaran. ----------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Chief Conservator of Forest-cum-Managing Director, Bihar Forest Development Corporation Limited, Patliputra, Patna-13. 3. The General Manager, Minor Forest Produce Project Circle, Patna. 4. The Divisional Manager, Forest Project Division, Bettiah. --------- Respondents ----------- 3 7.12.2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application reads as follows:- “1(a) For directing the State-respondents to remove the anomaly in the pay fixation of the petitioner after taking into account the salary fixed to the juniors to the petitioner is at the higher scale but at the same time salary of the petitioner who is senior to those junior person, has been fixed at lower scale.” Learned counsel for the petitioner with reference to the aforementioned prayer would submit that despite repeated representations filed by the petitioner as also an order of the General Manager, Patna Region, the concerned authority of the Forest Development Corporation have not taken remedial action. In the opinion of this Court, the matter being between the petitioner and the authority of the Bihar State Forest Corporation which right now has not been represented before this Court through any counsel, all that can be done is that the petitioner may be given 2 liberty to represent his case before the respondent no.2 who would take a final decision within a period of three month from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. It goes without saying that consequent upon a favourable decision in favour of the petitioner, the authority will also do needful by directing expeditious payment of any admissible amount to which the petitioner is found to be entitled in the facts and circumstances of this case. Let it be made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the claim of the petitioner and therefore, it will be open for the concerned respondent to take a decision strictly in accordance with law. With the aforementioned observations and direction, this application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)