IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.6325 of 2009 NARESH RAM Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2. 21.05.2009 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner, learned Counsel for the State and the learned Counsel for the Administrator, Bihar State Agricultural Marketing Board. The relief prayed in this writ application is for a direction for payment of differential amount of salary from January 2003 to August 2003 consequent to the 5th pay revision. Learned Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was an employee of the State government working on deputation in the Bihar State Marketing Board before its dissolution. It is further submitted that the Administrator of the erstwhile Board by its order dated 3.9.2008 has referred to the non availability of the Service Book and has required the Branch of the Board at Bhagalpur where the petitioner was posted, to make the same available. The issues are withholding his arrears of salary. The Service Book may not be the only document available with regard to the service record of the petitioner to decide his entitlement of his pay revision. His earlier pay slips, the post held by him, correspondences in that regard can be pieced together for appropriate decision even if Service Book is not available. The writ application is therefore disposed with the directions to the State authorities and the Administrator of the erstwhile Board that they shall together compile necessary records of service of the petitioner and that his salary arrears in accordance with law then be paid to him within a maximum period of three months from the date of receipt and/or production of a copy of this order. Snkumar/- (Navin Sinha,J.)