IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CIVIL WRIT JURISDICTION CASE No.8036 of 2009 Md.Matiur Rahman Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors 2/ 04/08/2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. The claim by the petitioner, a junior engineer, is for arrears of salary from January, 2009 to November, 2009. The right to salary is a statutory right subject to performance of duties in accordance with law. Unless there is a proceeding pending or there have been orders of punishment, there can be no withholding of the salary contrary to the law. No useful purpose is going to be served by keeping the writ application pending for a counter affidavit more than two years after it was filed. Let the petitioner represent before the competent authority who shall decide his claim for salary as aforesaid by a reasoned and speaking order preferably within a maximum period of 3 months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. The writ application stands disposed. KC ( Navin Sinha, J.)