IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.2265 of 2006 Smt.Nilu Singh, wife of Late Rajendra Prasad Singh, 32, Arya Apartment, Patel Nagar, Road No. 10, P.S. Shastri Nagar, Patna Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. Sri Hemchand Sirohi, the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Department of Water Resources (Irrigation), Sinchai Bhawan, Patna 3. Md. Shahabuddin Khan Nizami, the Joint Secretary, Department of Water Resources (Irrigation), Sinchai Bhawan, Patna 4. Sri Ashok Kumar, Deputy Secretary, Department of Water Resources (Irrigation), Sinchai Bhawan, Patna 5. Sri Uma Shankar Singh, the Director (Chief Engineer), Balmi Complex, Patna 6. Sri Om Prakash Ambarkar, the Superintending Engineer, West Kosi Canal Anchal, Madhubani 7. Sri Ganga Prasad, the Chief Engineer, Irrigation, Darbhanga 8. Sri I.S. Dhariwal, Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. ----------- 9. 07.09.2009 It is agreed by the petitioner that all the dues as per the order under contempt have already been paid to him except the difference of salary for the period 1.9.1992 to 30.4.2000. Learned counsel for the Accountant General says that the order in respect of the same has already been received in his office and the pay slip shall be issued within one week and thereafter the difference of salary shall also be paid within a period of one month from the submission of the bill by the petitioner. In the above circumstances, no useful purpose can be served by keeping the contempt petition pending. It is accordingly disposed of in terms of the above statements made by learned counsels for the opposite parties. S. Pandey (Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)