IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.1260 of 2004 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Director-in-Chief, Health Services, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Additional Director, Health Services Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Joint Secretary, Family Planning Welfare and Health Service, Government of Bihar, Patna. 5. The Chief Medical Officer-cum-Civil Surgeon, Jehanabad. 6. The Additional Chief Medical Officer, District Family Planning Welfare Bureau, Jehanabad. 7. The District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Jehanabad 8. The Deputy Collector, Incharge Establishment Jehanabad ------ Respondents ---- Appellants. Versus. Amrendra Kumar son of Ramanandan Singh, resident of Village-Pinjauor, Police Station and District Jehanabad at posted as Steno-cum-Typist, District Family Planning Welfare Bureau Jehanabad ----- Petitioner--- Respondents. --------- 8. 3.12.2010 Heard Mr. Piyush Lal learned Assistant Counsel to Additional Advocate General No.3 for the appellants, and Mr. Sushant Kumar, learned counsel for the respondent. The State of Bihar has preferred this appeal under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent of the High Court of Judicature at Patna and raises a grievance with respect to the order dated 5.8.2004, passed in C.W.J.C. No. 8713 of 1999 (Amrendra Kumar Vrs. The State of Bihar & Ors.) , whereby the writ petition was allowed and the State Government has been directed to pay the arrears of salary of the writ petitioner for 2 the period July 1997 to 31.5.1998. Learned counsel for the appellants submits that the direction for payment of salary for the period in question could not have been passed because the appointment was illegal. We have perused the materials on record and considered the submissions of learned counsel for the parties. It appears to us that the State Government had undoubtedly taken work from the writ petitioner. Therefore, without going into the question of the validity of his appointment, we are not inclined to interfere with the impugned order. The appeal is dismissed. Vinay/ ( S. K. Katriar,J. ) (S.P. Singh, J.)