IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.15509 of 2005 NAND KISHORE DAS & ORS Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 4. 18.5.2010. Mr. Alok Kumar No.1 for the petitioner and Mr. Shashi Shekhar Prasad Sinha, Assisting Counsel to G.P.9 are present. The petitioners, who are five in number, had filed the writ petition for payment of their difference of salary for the period 1.1.1971 to 31.3.1973 which was deducted and required to be deposited in the GPF account in terms of the resolution no.763 dated 9.2.1973 together with the admissible statutory interest thereon as also for payment of the amount deposited in the suspense account relatable to the differential dearness allowance for the period 1.4.1974 to May, 1976. Despite directions of this court dated 11.9.2007, the counter affidavit has not been filed Having regard to the circumstances that the matter has remained pending for almost four years, I deem it proper to dispose of the writ petition with a direction to the respondent No.3, the District Superintendent of Education, 2 Samastipur to ensure the payment of the claims of the five petitioners noted hereinabove in this order together with the interest calculated up to the date of payment, within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, in case the said payments have yet not been paid. The writ petition stands disposed of with the direction aforesaid. ahk (Jyoti Saran, J.)