IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.932 of 2005 RAJ KUMAR PRASAD, son of late Ramdhani Sao, resident of Bageshwari Road, Gaya, in front of Punjab National Bank, P.O. & P.S. Delha, District – Gaya. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Secretary, Art, Culture and Youth Department, Vikas Bhawan, Patna. 2. The Secretary, Art, Culture and Youth Department, Vikas Bhawan, Patna. 3. The Director, (Youth Welfare), Art, Culture and Youth Department, Vikas Bhawan, Patna. 4. The District Education Officer, Gaya. with CWJC No.12710 of 2004 NANDU DAS, son of late Mohan Das, resident of village – Samastipur, P S – Belaganj, District – Gaya. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Secretary, Art, Culture and Youth Department, Vikas Bhawan, Patna. 2. The Secretary, Art, Culture and Youth Department, Vikas Bhawan, Patna. 3. The Commissioner, Finance Department, Govt. of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 4. The Director, (Youth Welfare), Art, Culture and Youth Department, Vikas Bhawan, Patna. 5. The District Education Officer, Gaya. with CWJC No.13432 of 2005 LAL KISHORE PRASAD, son of late Guru Prasad Lal, resident of Madhusudan Colony, Ghughari Tand, Gaya. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Secretary, Art, Culture and Youth Department, Vikash Bhawan, Patna. 2. The Secretary, Art, Culture and Youth Department, Vikas Bhawan, Patna. 3. The Finance Commissioner, Govt. of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 4. The Director, (Youth Welfare), Art, Culture and Youth Department, Vikas Bhawan, Patna. 5. The Principal, Zila School, Gaya. 6. The Accountant General, Bihar, Virchand Patel Marg, Patna. with CWJC No.10649 of 2006 BALESHWAR SHARMA, son of late Tihadhari Singh, of village - Simra, P.S. Janipur, P.O. Mohmadpur, District – Patna. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Secretary, Art, Culture and Youth Department, Vikas Bhawan, Patna. 2. The Secretary, Art, Culture and Youth Department, Vikas Bhawan, Patna. 2 3. The Commissioner, Finance Department, Govt. of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 4. The Director, (Youth Welfare), Art, Culture and Youth Department, Vikas Bhawan, Patna. 5. The District Education Officer, Gaya. 6. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. with CWJC No.9739 of 2007 DHANANJAY NARAIN SINHA, son of late Lakhmi Narain Sinha, Mohalla – Bahari Dhwal Pura, P.O. Begampur, P.s. Chowk, Patna City, district – Patna. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through the Secretary, Art, Culture and Youth Department, Vikas Bhawan, Patna. 2. The Secretary, Art, Culture and Youth Department, Vikas Bhawan, Patna. 3. The Commissioner, Finance Department, Govt. of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna. 4. The Director, (Youth Welfare), Art, Culture and Youth Department, Vikas Bhawan, Patna. 5. The District Education Officer, Gaya. 6. The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna. ----------- For the petitioners : M/S. Bankey Bihari Singh, Sanjay Kumar and Shailendra Pd. For the State : M/S. Santosh Kr Singh, SC 22, Shailendra Kumar and Mithilesh Kumar. ----------- 05. 6.8.2010 In all these matters the dispute raised by these petitioners was with regard to the reduction of pay-scale which was earlier given to them by the respondents specially the Department of Art, Culture and Youth, Government of Bihar. There has been a long drawn battle with regard to the pay-scale and entitlement thereto of similarly situated employees and now a notification No. 1348 dated 2.12.2009 issued by the Joint Secretary of the department has been brought to the notice of this Court. The authorities have finally turned around and accepted that petitioners are entitled to the pay-scale notified in the said notification. Since the notification settles the issue, no adjudication of the dispute is required except for a direction that the respondents would now be obliged to make payment of salary based on the said 3 pay-scale where payment has not been made or refund of the amounts if deduction had been effected by virtue of the earlier orders passed in this regard when the pay-scale was reduced. Since the petitioners would be entitled to certain consequence flowing from the new pay-scale notified, it goes without saying that it will accrue to them. All these writ applications stand disposed of with the above direction. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)