IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.953 of 2007 RAMPAT LAL, resident of Ranipur Ganj, P.S.Khaje Kalan Patna City, District Patna-----------------petitioner Versus 1.MR.KISHORE KUNAL, the Administrator, Bihar State Board of Religious Trust 2.The State of Bihar through Mr.Yogendra Prasad, Secretary, Department of Law,Patna-------opp.parties ----------- 4. 15.12.2009 A supplementary show cause has been filed on behalf of opposite party no.1, the Administrator of the Board pursuant to the order dated 26.8.2009 of this Court, a copy of which was served on learned counsel for the petitioner on 30.11.2009 itself but no reply to the same has been filed. In the supplementary show cause it is stated that the order dated 7.5.1999 under contempt stands complied with by passing a reasoned order dated 23.11.2009 with respect to the promotion of the petitioner which order has been annexed as Annexure-C to the supplementary show cause. It is further pointed out that the arrears of salary in terms of the order dated 7.5.1999 had already been paid to the petitioner. It is stated that against an arrear of salary of Rs.1,78,488/- on the date of passing of the order the petitioner had earlier been paid Rs.2,73,991/- and thus the 2 order under contempt was already complied to that extent. It is further pointed out that a further amount of Rs.1,00,000/- towards arrears of salary has also been paid to the petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner has not been paid the entire salary till the date of his retirement in 2003 but admits that so far as the arrears of salary till the date of the order under contempt is concerned that has been certainly cleared by the authorities of the Board. In the above circumstances, no case for proceeding under the contempt jurisdiction is made out. The application is, accordingly, dismissed. The petitioner if aggrieved by the action of the authorities of the Board may challenge the same in appropriate proceedings. (Ramesh Kumar Datta,J.) Spal/