IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4001 of 2007 VIDYABATI PANDEY, wife of Maheshwar Kant Sharma, resident of village- Pancharukhi, P.S. Khizersarai, District: Gaya Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through its Chief Secretary, Old Secretariat, Patna. 2. The Secretary, Primary Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. the Director, Primary Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4. The District Superintendent of Educataion, Gaya 5. The District Treasury Officer, Gaya. ----------- 2 10.02.2010 The petitioner superannuated as Assistant Teacher from Primary School, Devgaon, Gaya with effect from 30.6.1991, has filed the writ petition for payment of differential of salary for the period 1.1.1971 to 31.3.1973 together with admissible interest thereon which was deposited in the provident fund account of the petitioner. It is also admitted position that although the principle amount of Rs. 1223/- was paid to the petitioner but the interest accrued to the tune of Rs. 5693/- has not been paid and for which the necessary sanction was accorded by the District Superintend of Education, Gaya vide memo No. 1472 dated 26.02.2007 placed at Annexure-B of the counter affidavit. Learned counsel for the petitioner is 2 not in a position to inform this Court whether the said amount of interest which had since been sanctioned has been received by the petitioner. In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of with the direction to the District Superintendent of Education, Gaya for making payment of the interest amount of Rs. 5693/- to the petitioner in the light of sanction order containing memo No. 1472 dated 26.2.2007, if the same has not yet been paid to the petitioner, within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. This writ petition is disposed of . Bibhash (Jyoti Saran, J. )