IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.6684 of 2009 Tapeshwar Prasad Singh, son of late Ram Lakhan Singh, resident of Village Bihari Bigha, P.O. Bihari Bigha, P.S. Pandarak, Dist. Patna. ---------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Secretary Higher Education, Patna. 2. The L.N. Mithila University through Vice Chancellor L.N. Mithil University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga (Bihar). 3. The Vice-Chancellor, L.N. Mithila University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga (Bihar). 4. The Registrar, L.N. Mishra ithila University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga. 5. The Principal, R.S.S. College, Andaur, Mohiuddin Nagar, Samastipur. ---------- Respondents ---------- 5 01.12.2011 Having heard Mr. Prashant Vedsan, learned counsel for the petitioner, as also the counsel for the University, this Court would find it difficult to adjudicate the dispute in hand which now has precipitated in view of the pleadings of the parties. The petitioner had filed this writ application claiming payment of arrears of salary of rupees five lacs and odd, whereas, the respondents in their counter affidavit have explained that the entitlement of the petitioner against such arrears claimed by him was found to be rupees one lac and odd only. In such a situation, when the dispute relates to entitlement and the zone of controversy has also not been reduced by considering the claim of the petitioner by 2 the University, this Court would give liberty to the petitioner to file a self-contained representation as against the order passed by the University contained in Annexure-D to the counter affidavit and after such a representation is filed by the petitioner, the Registrar with prior approval and order of the Vice Chancellor shall communicate the reasoned order for denial of rest of the claim of the petitioner towards payment of arrears of salary. This exercise, however, shall be completed by the University within a period of four months from the date of filing of the representation by the petitioner. It also goes without saying that if the petitioner is found entitled for any further amount as a reconsideration of his case by the authorities of the University, the payment thereof shall also be made to him in next two months from the date of such order. With the aforementioned observations and direction, this application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)