WP(C) 3077/2003 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMITAVA ROY Heard Mr. Dasgupta, learned Counsel for the writ petitioner/applicant and Mr. Kh ataniar, learned Standing Counsel, Education Department, Government of Assam. The uncontroverted pleaded case of the writ petitioner/applicant is that while he was serving as subject teacher in Assamese in Amguri Higher Se condary School, Amguri Bazar, in the District of Bongaigaon, he was transferred to Bijni Bandhab Higher Secondary School, Bijni, in the same District. He was su bsequent thereto again transferred to H.N. Seminary H.S. School, Bagribari, in t he District of Dhubri. Meanwhile as a consequence of revision in pay scales in t he State, the petitioner was entitled to the benefit thereof w.e.f. 1/1/1996. Ho wever, for reasons best known to the respondent authorities, re-fixation vis-à-v is him was not done and, therefore, he was denied the arrears of pay and other s ervice benefits ensuing therefrom. Being aggrieved by such denial, the petitione r had approached this Court earlier with WP(C) 3277/2000 which was disposed of o n 14/6/2000 with a direction to the Inspector of Schools, Bijni to release his e ntire due salary within a period of three months. In the said writ petition, his claim for arrear salary was confined to the period October, 1997 to May 2000. A s the said direction was, according to the petitioner, not complied with, he ini tiated a contempt proceeding under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971, which was r egistered as Cont. Case (C) 254/2001. This proceeding was closed on 23/8/2002 by recording the steps taken by the concerned respondent authorities. The petition er is back with the grievance that inspite of this background, no effective step thereafter had been taken and he remains denied the benefit of revision of pay scales w.e.f. 1/1/1996. Mr. Dasgupta while reiterating the above has prayed for an appro priate direction to the State respondents to cause necessary steps to be taken t o release to the petitioner his arrear salary and other allowances resultant on the revision of his pay scale w.e.f. 1/1/1996 and further revisions meanwhile wi thin a fixed time frame. Mr. Khataniar on the other hand has urged that as the petitioner ’s claim before being acceded to needs certain official scrutiny at the appropri ate levels, the State respondents be sanctioned the liberty to undertake that ex ercise. Upon hearing the learned Counsel for the parties and on a consid eration of the materials on record, this petition is closed with a direction to the Director of Secondary Education, Assam, to initiate a process for examinatio n of the petitioner’s claim as recited hereinabove and take an appropriate decis ion in that regard. As the claim relates to a period ranging from 1/1/1996, the petitioner would be afforded an opportunity of hearing before a decision is take n on the issue. Ordered accordingly. To set the process in motion, the petitione r would submit a detailed representation contending the essential facts before t he aforementioned authority and if the same is done the process as ordered shoul d be undertaken and completed within a period of two months therefrom. Needless to say, the decision so taken would be communicated to the petitioner forthwith in writing. If in course of the verification as ordered, it appears to the Direc tor of Secondary Education, Assam, that any other authority needs to be associat ed in the process, necessary steps would also be taken by him to do so. The petition stands disposed in the above terms. Misc. applicati on also stands accordingly closed. No costs.