IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10483 of 2007 1. Krishna Kumari, D/o Damodar Prasad keshri, W/o Manoj Keshri, resident of village Gidhaur, P.S. Gidhaur, District Jamui 2. Rekha Devi, D/o Baleshwar Mandal, W/o Nand Kishore Rawat, resident of village Gidhaur, Pashchmimi Tola, P.S. Gidhaur, District Jamui 3. Poonam Kumari Keshri, D/o late Prabhu Dayal Keshri, W/o Bhola Keshri, resident of village Gidhaur, P.S. Gidhaur, District Jamui 4. Anita Kumari, D/o Ganesh Prasad, resident of village Gidhaur, P.S. Gidhaur, District Jamui 5. Richa Kumari, D/o Rajesh Mehta @ Rajesh Kumar, resident of village Gidhaur, P.S. Gidhaur, District Jamui … Petitioners Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Department of Human Resources, Govt. of Bihar, patna 2. The Collector, Jamui 3. The District Superintendent of Education cum District Programme Cordinator, Bihar Education Project, Jamui 4. Block Education Extension Officer, Gidhaur, Jamui 5. President of Vidhyalaya Siksha Samiti Girls Middle School, Gidhaur, Jamui 6. Head Mistress, Girls Middle School, Gidhaur, Jamui 7. President of Mela Samiti, Girls Middle School, Gidhaur, Jamui … Respondents ---------------------------------- 2. 20.10.2011 Having heard counsel for the parties and taking into account that the petitioners were never given any appointment letter and that their engagement for teaching the students was only by way of an adhoc arrangement, this Court would not find any ground for issuing a direction for continuation of services of the petitioners especially when it is an admitted fact that the Scheme itself has been abandoned/ closed. None-the-less the grievance of the petitioners as with regard to withholding of the amount of stipend of Rs. 2,000/- for the two months of February and March, 2006 should definitely be examined by the competent authority, inasmuch as there is no dispute that the petitioners had worked in the said period and in fact a cheque also was issued in their name 2 which is said to have been somehow withheld by the concerned authority/ Headmistress of Girls Middle School, Gidhaur, Jamui who was supposed to pass on such cheque to the petitioners. This Court would, accordingly, direct the competent authority to ensure that the amount of stipend of the petitioners for the month of February/ March, 2006 is paid to them within a period of three months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order and if the validity of the cheque in question has lapsed it would be again responsibility of the competent authority to get it revalidated to ensure that the amount of Rs. 2,000/- by way of stipend/ honorarium to the petitioners for the services rendered by them for the period of February and March, 2006 is paid to them, of course after verification of the fact as to whether such payment was already not made to them in the intervening period. With the aforementioned observation and direction, this application is disposed of. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/