IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.839 of 2007 1.Kundari Devi wife of Sri Mahendra Ram, resident of village Rasulpur, P.O.Bhikhanpur, P.S.Ahiyapur District Muzaffarpur 2.Raja Sahani son of late Jugeshwar Sahani, at Vijay Chapra, P.O.Bhikhanpur, P.S.Ahiyapur, District Muzaffarpur 3.Paras Kumar Sahani son of Sri Baleshwar Sahani, at Vijay Chapra, P.O.Bhikhanpur, P.S.Ahiyapur District Muzaffarpur 4.Ram Binod Sahani son of Shri Bhulan Sahani, at Koili Bharawa, P.O. Tengraha, P.S.Minapur, District Muzaffarpur 5.Suresh Kumar @ Suresh Sahani, son of Shri Bhikhari Sahani, at Akbarpur, P.O.Mirzapur, P.S.Ahiyapur District Muzaffarpur 6.Surendra Sahani son of Sri Udan Sahani, at Rasulpur P.O.Bhikhapur, P.S.Ahiyapur,Dist.Muzaffarpur-petitioners Versus 1.The State of Bihar 2.Dr.Manoranjan Chaturvedi son of name not known to the petitioner, presently the Director-in-Chief, Health Services, Bihar, Patna 3.The Srikrishna Medical College Hospital, Uma Nagar, Muzaffarpur, District Muzaffarpur through its Superintendent 4.Dr.Gajendra Kishore Thakur son of name not known to the petitioner, presently the Superintendent, Sri Krishna Medical College Hospital, Uma Nagar, Muzaffarpur,Dist. Muzaffarpur---------opp.parties ----------- 2. 7.8.2009 The petitioners have come to this Court alleging contempt of the order dated 25.8.2006 passed by this Court. By the said order this Court had disposed of the writ petition with the direction that the petitioners may represent their case before the Director-in-Chief, Health Services, Bihar, Patna for payment of their due wages which would be considered and disposed of in accordance with law 2 by speaking order. Thereafter the petitioners had filed their representation. In the show cause filed on behalf of the opposite parties it is stated that by order dated 25.11.2006 the Director-in-Chief had directed the Superintendent, Srikrishna Medical College and Hospital, Muzaffarpur to take steps in the matter after thorough enquiry and if it was found that they had worked then their due wages should be paid to them. Thereafter the Superintendent of the Hospital reported that a Committee was appointed to look into the case which submitted its report and on the basis of the said report it was found that they had neither been appointed as daily wagers nor any work had been taken from them. On the basis of the said report the Director-in-Chief has passed the order dated 7.3.2007 (Annexure-B) rejecting the claim of the petitioners. In view of the aforesaid statements made in the show cause, this Court does not consider it a fit case for proceeding under the contempt jurisdiction of the Court and the contempt application is, accordingly, dismissed. 3 The petitioners, if they are aggrieved, may take appropriate proceedings for the redressal of their grievances. (Ramesh Kumar Datta,J.) spal/