IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.3045 of 2006 NARENDRA KUMAR PATHAK, Son of Late Mahendra Narayan Pathak, Resident of Village- Siswa Barahi, Police Station- Phulparas, District- Madhubani. At present Account Clerk in the Office of Chief Engineer, Western Koshi Canal Division, Khutaouna Irrigation Department, District- Madhubani :----------------------Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. Ashok Kumar Sinha, Son of Name not known, Commissioner-Cum-Secretary, Water Resources Department, Sinchai Bhawan, Bihar, Patna. 3. Surya Narayan Das, Son of Name not known, Incharge Under Secretary, Water Resources Department, Sinchai Bhawan, Bihar, Patna. 4. Ganga Prasad, Son of Name not known, Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Darbhanga, District- Darbhanga. 5. Rekha Lal Ram, son of Name not known, Superintending Engineer, Western Koshi Canal Circle, Jhanjharpur, District- Madhubani. 6. Madhusudan Rai, Son of Name not known, Executive Engineer, Western Koshi Canal Division, Irrigation Department, Khutauna, District- Madhubani :----- Respondents/Opposite Parties ----------- 5. 26.03.2009. Heard. Counsel for the State has filed supplementary show-cause which is taken on record. It appears, against order dated 25.07.2006 State-respondents have filed L.P.A. No. 129 of 2007 which is pending for hearing. It is submitted on behalf of the State-respondents that although stay of the operation of the order dated 25.7.2006 has not been granted by the appellate court yet the payment in terms of the second portion of the order for the period between 19th March, 2005 till the date of the order to the petitioner for serving on a Class-III post has not been made and shall be subject to the result of the L.P.A. In view of the submission of the State counsel this contempt application is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to agitate for payment of salary for the period after 19th March, 2005 till the date of the order of the learned Single Judge before the Division Bench. P.K.P. (V.N.Sinha,J.)