IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case No.1641 of 2010 Arun Kumar Chatterjee, aged 72 years, son of Late S.B. Chatterjee, resident of Bhimnagar, P.S. Birpur, District Supaul……………Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Sinchai Bhawan, Patna. 2. Sri Ajay B. Nayak, name of father not known to the petitioner, the Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Sinchai Bhawan, Patna. 3. Sri Anupam Kumar, name of father not known to the petitioner, the Director, Provident Fund Directorate, Bihar, Pant Bhawan, Patna. 4. Sri K.N. Lal, name of father not known to the petitioner, the Chief Engineer, Mechanical, Water Resources Department, Old Secretariat Barrack, Patna. 5. Sri Sanjay Bishwas, name of father not known to the petitioner, the District Provident Fund Officer, Saharsa. 6. Sri Madan Prasad, name of father not known to the petitioner, the Superintending Engineer, Irrigation Mechanical Circle, Birpur, District Supaul. 7. Sri Devendra Pandit, name of father not known to the petitioner, the Executive Engineer, Irrigation Mechanical Division, Birpur, District Supaul. 8. Sri I.D.S. Dhariwal, the Accountant General, Bihar, Birchand Patel Path, Patna………………………………………………………….…………Opposite Parties ---------------------------------- 3 24.08.2011 Along with show cause of opposite party no.6, a reasoned order passed by the Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department has been annexed as Annexure-C in which it has been held that petitioner’s pay in the scale of Rs.2650-4000 has rightly been fixed. Thus, claim of the petitioner for 2 higher pay-scale of Rs.3050-4590 stands denied on account of the reasons stated in the reasoned order. Petitioner is required to challenge the said order in an independent proceeding for which liberty is granted to him. In the circumstances, this Court does not consider it appropriate to proceed with the contempt proceeding. The application is disposed of. BT (J. N. Singh, J.)