IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.2049 of 2008 GOPI KRISHNA JHA, son of Late Yoga Nand Jha, resident of village Bakshi, P.O. & P.S. madhubani, District Madhubani, Retired employee (Assistant) of Govt. Engineering College, Under Science and Technology Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. Versus 1.THE STATE OF BIHAR 2.Mr. L.Sharma, the Secretary, Science and Technology Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3.Mr. Satish Narayan, the Additional Secretary, Science and Technology Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4.Mr. Dhrub Prasad, the Director Science and Technology, Dept. Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 5.Mr. Upendra Sharma, the District Magistrate, Darbhanga. 6.Mr. Hanslal Singh, the Incharge principal, J.M.I.T, cum Principal, Govt. Politechnic, Darbhanga. ----------- 4 30/3/2010 Heard Mr. Purushottam Jha, learned counsel for the petitioner. No one appears for the State. Despite service of two copies of the application on the counsel for the State way back on 11.8.2008 no show cause reply has been filed by the opposite parties till date. Mr. Jha would submit that though payment of arrears of salary and retirement dues as directed by this Court has already been made to the petitioner but payment of interest as directed in the order has not been made by way of compliance of the order of this Court. In absence of any show cause reply it would be difficult for this Court to decide this issue, but whatever has been stated by the petitioner, if that plea is correct, the authorities are in contempt. That being so, this Court would direct the opposite 2 parties or their successor in office to ensure that the payment of interest as directed by this Court in the order dated 19.3.2007, if not modified or stayed by the superior Court, must be made to the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order, failing which the petitioner would be at liberty to file a fresh contempt application. With the aforementioned observation/direction this application is disposed of. Abhay Kumar ( Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)