IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9625 of 2003 SMT.KALAWATI DEVI, wife of Sri Mahendra Narayan Acharya, resident of village Bamdeopur, P S Sahkund, District Bhagalpur, at present residing at Vikas Colony, Opp. A.G. Colony, Main Road, Sheikhpura, P.S. Shastri Nagar, District- Patna. … Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Commissioner & Secretary to Government, Human Resources Development Department, New Secretariat, Patna. 3. Director, Primary Education, Human Resources Development Department, New Secretariat, Patna. 4. District Superintendent of Education, Patna. 5. Block Education Extension Officer, Fatua-2 (East), Fatuah, Patna. … Respondents. ----------- 3. 13.09.2010 No one appears for the petitioner. Counsel for the State is present. In this writ application, the following prayer of the petitioner; “1. That in this writ application the petitioner prays for issuance of an appropriate writ/order/direction commanding the respondent authorities for making payment of entire legal dues including the payment of salary which is withheld since February, 1999. The petitioner further prays for an appropriate direction to the respondent authorities to post her to a school which is in existence where she can discharge her duties commensurate with her rank and status. The petitioner further prays for quashing the order issued by the Director, Primary Education (respondent no. 3) contained in Memo No. 99 dt. 2.2.2001 whereby and whereunder he has rejected the representation of the petitioner on entirely erroneous and extraneous grounds.” 2 has been answered not only in the counter affidavit filed by the respondent no. 4 but in fact a fresh order has also been passed on 21.7.2010 wherein noticing the fact that the petitioner had superannuated on 31.8.2003 while remaining absent from duty w.e.f. 1.6.1999 had passed the following order; “o"kZ 1999 esa ljdkj }kjk fuxZr vkns’k ds vkyksd esa yxHkx 800 >0 >ks0 fo|ky;ksa dk l`tu fd;k x;k] ftlesa cgqla[; f'k{kd okys fo|ky; tgka Nk= ds vuqikr esa f’k{kdksa dh lq[;k vf/kd Fkh rFkk vuqik;ksxh gks pqds fo|ky; ds foyksfir fd;s tkus ds QyLo:i izkIr f’k{kd bZdkbZ dk mi;ksx uol`ftr fo|ky;ksa esa fd;k x;kA bl Øe esa gh Jhefr nsoh dk LFkkukarj.k dk;kZy; Kkikad 311 fnukad 3-5-99 }kjk bZdkbZ ds lkFk eSMuZ vkns'k e0fo0 nkukiqj 1 ls izk0fo0 nukMk NksVh eqlgjh >q0 >ks0 Qrqgk &2 iwohZ ¼lEizfr nfu;koka½ esa fd;k x;k] rnuqlkj os 31-5- 99 dks dk;Z fojfer gksdj iz0f’k0i0ink0 qrqgk ds dk;kZy; esa ;ksxnku nh rFkk fnukad 3-6-99 dks izf’k0iz0ink0 Qrqgk ds }kjk fojfer djus ds mijkar fnukad 4-6-99 dks e0fo0 nfu;koka esa viuk ;ksxnku lefiZr dh] ijUrq ;ksxnku nsus ds ckn os dHkh Hkh fo|ky; esa mifLFkr ugha gqbZA ckn esa vLoLFkrk ds dkj.k vuqifLFkr jgus dh lwpuk Jhefr nsoh }kjk nh x;h A lafpdk voyksdu ls ;g Hkh Li"V gksrk gS fd Jherh nSoh }kjk LFkkukarj.k ds fo:) ekuuh; mPp U;k;ky; esa lh0MCyq0ts0lh0la[;k 8171@2000 nkf[ky fd;k x;k Fkk ftls ekuuh; U;k;ky; }kjk funs’kd] izk0f’k0 dks fjekaM fd;k x;kA funs’kd] izk0f’k0 fcgkj }kjk fd;s x;s lquokbZ esa Jherh nsoh dHkh Hkh mifLFkr ugha gqbZ vUrxksxRok funs’kd] izk0f’k0 fcgkj }kjk fd;s x;s lquokbZ esa Jherh nsoh dHkh Hkh mifLFkr ugha gqbZA vUrxksRok funs’kd] izk0f’k0 fcgkj ds Kkikad 99 fnukad 2-2-01 }kjk Jherh nsoh ds nkok dks vLohd`r dj fn;k x;ka fQj Hkh Jherh nsoh vius drZO; ij ;ksxnku ugha fd;sA bl izdkj Li"V gS fd Jherh nsoh vkns’k dk vogsyuk dj vius drZO; ls vuqifLFkr jgh gS] tks mudk Misconduct gSA lafpdk voyksdu ls ;g Hkh Li"V gksrk gS fd Jherh nsoh tks fnukad 31-5-99 rd LFkkukarj.k ls iwoZ ds fo|ky; esa dk;Zjr jgh gS ijUrq Qjojh 99 ls ebZ 99 rd ds osrukfn dk Hkqxrku ugha gqvk gSA Jherh nsoh 1-6-99 ls yxkrkj vius drZO; ls vuqifLFkr jgrs gq, fnukad 31-8-03 dks lsok 3 fuo`r gks xbZ gSA mijksDr of.kZr ifjis{; esa fuEufyf[kr vkns’k ikfjr fd;k tk jgk gSA 01- Qjojh 99 ls ebZ 99 rd ds dk;Zjr vof/k ds osrukfn dk Hkqxrku iwoZ fo|ky; }kjk fuxZr v’kks/ku izek.k i= rFkk vuqifLFkfr fooj.k ds vk/kkj ij inLFkkfir fo|ky; ls djus dk vkns’k fn;k tkrk gSA 02- vuqifLFkr vof/k fnukad 01-6-99 ls 31-08-03 rd ds fy, focgkj lsok lafgrk ds fu;e 236 ds vUrxZr vlk/kkj.k vodk’k dh Lohd`fr iznku dh tkrh gSA vodk’k vof/k dk fu;euqlkj fdlh izdkj dk osru HkRrk ns; ugha gksxk ijUrq mDr vof/k dks isa’kukfn ds iz;kstukFk fofu;fer fd;k tkrk gSA 03- Jherh nsoh }kjk lsok fuo`fr ikoukvksa ls lacaf/kr vkosnu i= fofgr izei= esa lefiZr djus ds mijkar lacaf/kr fudklh ,oa O;;u inkf/kdkjh ,oa fujh{kh inkf/kdkjh }kjk lHkh dkxtkr lsok iqLr ds lkFk ’kh?kz lefiZr djuk lqfuf’pr djsxsA rnksijkar fu;ekuqlkj dkjZokbZ dh tk;sxkhA”” In the opinion of this Court, the petitioner has got much more than she was entitled to inasmuch as now at least she got credit of past service enabling her to get her retirement benefit which in view of her unauthorized absence from 1.6.1999 to 31.8.2003 was not admissible to her without treating and granting leave without pay as an extraordinary leave under Rule 236 of Bihar Service Code. That being so, the petitioner’s claim for payment of salary for the period 1.6.1999 to 31.8.2003 as prayed in this writ application is hereby rejected specially when there is no rejoinder affidavit filed by the petitioner to the counter affidavit served on her counsel on 3.8.2010 4 asserting the petitioner to be unauthorizedly absent from duty in the aforesaid period. The dismissal of the writ petition, however, would not mean that the petitioner would stand deprived from the other benefits which has been extended to her by District Superintendent of Education, Patna in his office order contained in Memo No. 3410 dated 21.7.2010 (Annexure-D) and therefore apart from payment of admissible retirement benefit, she would be also entitled for payment of her salary for the period 1.2.1999 to 31.5.1999 if her working in the said period is admitted and supported from her absentee statement and/or any other undisputed official records. With the aforementioned observations, this writ application is dismissed. kanchan/- ( Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)