IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 7454 of 2004 Rewati Raman Verma, son of Late Laxminarayan, Resident of Village / Mohalla – Mhavirnagar, Hanuman Nagar, P.S. – Patrakarnagar, Patna – 20 ……………….. Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through its Chief Secretary, Bihar, Patna 2. The Secretary, Department of Finance, Bihar, Patna 3. The Bihar State University (Constituent College) Service Commission, Through its Secretary 4. The Secretary, Bihar State University (Constituent College) Service Commission, Bailey Road, Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Patna 5. The Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna ……………. Respondents ---------------------------------- 09. 22.12.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing for the State. A categorical statement has been made at the bar by the counsel, representing the petitioner that age of superannuation is no longer an issue and, therefore, he is not claiming any benefit or adjudication on that issue. Matter is confined to the pay-scale, which is admissible to him as Section Officer, which according to him should be at par with the Section Officer of Secretariat, who have been given pay-scale of Rs. 6500-10500/-. Annexure - 3 was the cause of action for the petitioner to raise a grievance that by non-decision of the erstwhile Board or approval by the Finance Department, pay revision, as recommended in the year 1999 vide Resolution No. 660, did not accrue to the employees of what was known as Bihar State University (Constitute College) Service Commission. From a reading of Annexure - 3 coupled with the 2 stand taken in the counter affidavit, it is evident that no final decision on this issue has come to be taken by the Finance Department or the State Government. There could be a reason for the same as subsequently the Board itself came to be abolished on repeal and, therefore, everything went into hibernation. But merely because the Board was abolished it does not mean that the right or claim of erstwhile employees also vanishes. A decision, therefore, on behalf of the State as to the pay-scale to which the employees of the said Board would be entitled to, is a matter which still requires consideration and a decision within a time-frame now. Since a decision is required at the level of the Finance Department or any other Department of the Government on this issue, a direction is issued upon the Principal Secretary, Finance as well as Principal Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna that they will take up the issue of the pay-scale of the erstwhile employees including that of the petitioner and decide within a time-frame of three months from the date of production of a copy of this Order. Such a decision will govern the issue with regard to the outstanding payment etc. if any which may be required. Writ is disposed of with the above direction. SKM (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)