IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5291 of 2005 BHAGWAN PODHAR, son of Late Thakur Podhar, resident of village Rasidpur, P.O.- Khanpur Mal P.S.- Sultanganj, District- Bhagalpur ….. Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The District Superintendent of Education, Bhagalpur 3. The District Provident Fund Officer, Bhagalpur ….. Respondents ----------- 03 09.02.2009 The writ application was filed way back in the year, 2005. Respondents had been granted opportunity to file counter affidavit. For reasons best known they have chosen not to file any counter affidavit till date. Issue is payment of difference of salary to the petitioner for the period 1.1.1971 to 31.3.1973. Petitioner claims himself to be an Assistant Teacher who was appointed on 11.1.1965 in Karhariya, Sultanganj and he later on retired on 31.1.2000. Without expressing any opinion on the merit of this claim which is subject to verification about the authenticity of the claim of the petitioner the writ application is disposed of with a direction to the District Superintendent of Education, Bhagalpur that he will consider the case of the petitioner. If after due verification the claim of the petitioner is found then steps for payment of salary within four months from the date of communication of production of the copy of this order would taken. Another claim is with regard to the suspense amount for the period 1.4.1974 to May, 1976. Even this aspect will be gone into for an enquiry is already going on in the case of Bhagalpur. - 2 - The writ application stands disposed of with the above direction. P.K. (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)