IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7085 of 2006 Dr. Upendra Prasad Singh, Son of Sri Chandraketu Prasad Singh, resident of Mohalla Bag Dulhan, P.S. Town Hajipur, District Vaishali at present posted as Lecturer at J.L. College, Hajipur, Vaishali. -------- Petitioner Versus 1. The Chancellor, Universities of Bihar, Patna. 2. The State of Bihar through the Secretary, Higher Education Department, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Vice Chancellor, B.R.A. Bihar University, Muzaffarpur. 4. The Principal. J.L. College, Hajipur (Vaishali). 5. The Principal, D.C. College, Hajipur (Vaishali). ------- Respondents ----------- 2 30.07.2010 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The prayer of the petitioner in this writ application reads as follows:- “1(a) For issuance of writ directing and commanding the respondents to make payment of arrears of salary for the period 28.7.1981 to 31.7.1996 during which the petitioner worked as Lecturer in Political Science, D.C. College, Hajipur forthwith. (b) For issuance of writ directing and commanding the respondents to pay suitable interest over the arrears of the salary at the market rate as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.” Though the petitioner has filed exhaustive writ application but in absence of 2 counter affidavit, no final opinion can be expressed by this Court. That being so, this Court would direct the University to take a decision as with regard to the claim of payment of salary of the petitioner for the period 28.7.1981 to 31.7.1996 within a period of three moths from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order and also pay the amount found payable to the petitioner in the next three months. It must however be made clear that this Court has expressed no opinion on the merit of the claim of the petitioner, which has to be gone into and decided by the Vice Chancellor of the University strictly in accordance with law. With the aforementioned observation and direction, this application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)