IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11236 of 2006 Brij Bhusan Kumar, son of Sri Ram Pyare Rai, resident of Sahaniapatti, P.O. Bakhori, P S – Sursand, District - Sitamarhi Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Director, Primary Education, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Regional Deputy Director of Education, Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur. 4. The District Education Officer, Sitamarhi. 5. The Sub-Divisional Education Officer, Sitamarhi. 6. The Block Education Extension Officer, Parihar, Sitamarhi. 7. The District Magistrate, Sitamarhi. 8. The District Establishment Deputy Collector, Sitamarhi. ----------- 05. 14.10.2011 Petitioner was appointed on the post of a peon under the respondents sometime in the year 1995. According to him, he has worked regularly but no salary was paid specially from 1.10.1997 till April, 2004. He has been lodging his claim with the concerned respondent on many a occasions but since they failed to respond to his request he was left with no option but to approach the High Court for a direction. In the counter affidavit which has been filed many things have been said as to the reason for delay in taking decision with regard to salary for the period in question but finally it emerges from Annexure-A dated 16.8.2011 that a decisions has been taken in terms of the direction of the District Magistrate, Sitamarhi that payment to the petitioner has to be made for the period in question. Since that is the stand, whatever be the reason for delay, there is no dispute now about the entitlement of the petitioner for the claim in this regard. 2 Writ application stands allowed and disposed of with a direction upon the District Education Officer, Sitamarhi that he shall endeavour to take all steps which are required to be taken for payment of salary of the petitioner from 1.10.1997 till April, 2004 without much delay now which the Court fixes outer side three months from the date of production of a copy of this order. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)