IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2989 of 2004 1. LALIT MANDAL, son of late Jagrup Mandal, resident of Mohalla East Indira Nagar, Road No.5, Police Station Kankarbagh, District. Patna. 2. Shambhu Kumar, son of Sri Ram Swarath Singh, resident of Mohalla Jai prakash Nagar, Sheikhpura, Police Station Shastrinagar, Town and District- Patna. 3. Guneshwar Prasad Singh, son of Sri Rajendra Prasad Singh, rersident of Mohalla Rajabazar, Police Station Shastrinagar, District-Patna. 4. Rajendran Nair. B., son of Sri K.R. Bhaskara Kurup, resident of Mohalla Patliputra Colony, Police Station Patliputra Colony, District- Patna 5. Anil Kumar, son of late Ram Lakhan Singh, resident of Flat No.A/4, Aparajita Garden, Ram Nagari, Magistrate Colony Road, Police Station Shashtrinagar, District- Patna……… Petitioners Versus 1. PATNA MUNICIPAL CORPN. Patna through its Municipal Commissioner. 2. The Municipal Commissioner, Patna Municipal Corporation, Patna. …………….. Respondents. ----------- For the petitioners : Mr.Rajiv Nayan Singh, Advocate Mr. Prakash Shekhar Kumar, Advocate For the P.M.C.: Mr. Bishwa Bibhuti Kumar Singh, Advocate ---------- 14. 4.3.2011 Heard learned counsels for the parties. The grievance of the petitioners is that the pay scale which was recommended by the 5th Pay Revision Committee and that they were getting in the pay scale of Rs.5000-8000/- from June, 2009 has been re-fixed in the lower pay scale of Rs.4000-6000/-. In the counter affidavit filed on behalf of the respondent Corporation, it is stated that during the pendency of the writ application a meeting of the concerned committee was held on 3.1.2001, in which it was recommended to pay salary in the scale of Rs.5000-8000/- to the - 2 - draftsmen class-I, which recommendation has been confirmed by the Muncipal Commissioner, Patna on 11.1.2011. In the above circumstances, the writ application has become infructuous and it is, accordingly, dismissed as infructuous. VPS ( Ramesh Kumar Datta, J. )