IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11518 of 2009 SURYAMANI, W/o Sri Birendra Kumar, Resident of village-Mauri, Post Office-Mauri, District-Patna. At present Assistant Teacher, Rajkiya Middle School, Nargada, Block-Danapur-1, District.-Patna. …………….Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Principal Secretary, H.R.D. Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director, Primary Education, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Patna. 5. The District Superintendent of Education, Patna. 6. The Regional Education Officer, Danapur-1, Patna. 7. The D.D.O., Middle School, Nargada, Danapur-1, Patna. 8. The Headmaster, Middle School, Nargada, Danapur-1, Patna. ………………Respondents. ----------- 2/ 30.10.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner is working as Assistant Teacher in Rajkiya Middle School, Nargada, Block-Danapur-1, Patna. The school in question is situated within the Municipal Corporation area of Danapur. Petitioner’s claim is that she has applied for house rent allowance as per the policy of Education Department as the school in question is within 8 Kms., radius of Danapur Municipal Corporation. The policy decision of the Education Department is that the government servants working within the Municipal Corporation area and residing on account of their posting in the Municipal area and its’ vicinity, will be entitled for House Rent Allowance on higher rate. The petitioner had applied in the year 2006 for enhanced House Rent Allowance before the concerned authorities through proper channel in the light of the Bihar Government Servant’s House Rent Allowance Regulation Memo No. 09/Wa-50741/14 Education 1150 dated 26.04.1986 but till date no decision has been taken on her application 2 though, her claim has duly been verified by the Principal of the school and forwarded to the D.S.C. and recommendation to the D.D.C., to sanction house rent allowance to the petitioner as per the regulation of the State Government. It has also been submitted by the petitioner that similarly situated teachers of same school who earlier moved before this Court by filing C.W.J.C. No. 5546 of 2005 have been allowed house rent allowance by the respondents. Since the direction issued in the writ application was not being complied by the respondents as such they filed M.J.C. No. 597 of 2009 and in compliance of the direction payment has been made to the petitioners of that writ application. This case is similar to the case of the petitioners of earlier writ application. Considering these facts, this application is being disposed of directing the D.S.C, Patna as well as D.D.C., Patna to make payment of arrears of enhanced house rent allowance to the petitioner from 2006 as well as current house rent allowance as per the Government Regulation. It goes without saying that before making payment of arrears of enhanced house rent allowance, necessary verification should be made by the concerned authorities. The payment should be made to the petitioner within 8 weeks from the date of production/communication of this order. Sanjeet/ (Mridula Mishra, J.)