IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5965 of 2009 1. Asharfi Das, Son of Late Yugal Das, Resident of Village Mansi Gharari-Chatra, P.O. + P.S. Manai, Dist. Khagaria, retired Panchayat Sevak, under Gogri Block, District-Khagaria. 2. Shambhu Sharan Singh, Son of Dip Narayan Singh, Resident of Village-Kaithi, P.S. Chautham, Dist. Khagaria, presently, Panchayat Sevak, under Gogri Block, District Khagaria. 3. Nand Kishore Rajak, Son of Late Yadu Rajak, Resident of Village Navtolia, P.S. Maurkahi, District Khagaria, presently, Panchayat Sevak, under Gogri Block, Dist. Khagaria. 4. Suresh Kumar Ram, Son of Ramdeo Ram, Resident of Village Icharwa, P.S. Alauli, District Khagaria, presently, Panchayat Sevak, under Gogri Block, Dist. Khagaria. 5. Ravindra Das, Son of Shri Mahendra Das, Resident of Village Chakhusaini, P.O.+ P.S. Manai, District Khagaria, presently, Panchayat Sevak, under Gogri Block, Dist. Khagaria. 6. Ganesh Shram, Tanti, Son of Late Ashik Tanti, Resident of Village Mathurapur, P.S. Khagaria, District Khagaria, Retired Panchayat Sevak, under Gogri Block, Dist. Khagaria. 7. Babua Narayan Paswan, Son of Late Chamru Paswan, Resident of Village Gaura Shanti, P.S. + District Khagaria, Presently, Panchayat Sevak, under Gogri Block, Dist. Khagaria. 8. Bijay Kumar Tanti, Son of Kokan Tanti, Resident of Village Telauchh, P.S. Chautham, District Khagaria, Presently Panchayat Sevak, under Gogri Block, Dist. Khagaria. ------ Petitioners Versus 1. The State of Bihar, through the Principal Secretary, Department of Rural Development, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Director, Panchayati Raj, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Panchayati Raj Officer, Khagaria. 4. The District Magistrate, Khagaria. 5. The Block Development Officer, Gogri, District-Khagaria. 6. The Treasury Officer, Khagaria. ------ Respondents ----------- 2 12.5.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioners and counsel for the State. The prayer in this writ application is for a direction to the respondents to make payment of due amount of salary. From the reading of the writ 2 application, it does not appear as to for which period of time, such salary was not paid to the petitioners and what is the zone of dispute as with regard to the individual petitioners. The writ petition to say the least does not even mention the period of working of the petitioners out of whom two are said to have retired from service. In that view of the matter, it will be very difficult for this Court to issue any general direction and therefore, this writ application is disposed of with a direction to the petitioners to file their individual representation containing their individual grievance with details of the claim of payment of salary and thereafter, the District Panchayati Raj Officer, Khagaria, having called for a report from the controlling officer of the petitioners, namely, the Block Development Officer, Gogri, Dist. Khagaria, will pass an order in accordance with law. It goes without saying that if the claim for payment of salary to the petitioners is allowed by the District Panchayati Raj Officer, Khagaria, the consequential payment 3 will also be made to them in next one month. With the aforementioned observations, this application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)