Shahnaj Khatoon v. The State Of Bihar And ORS
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14918 of 2008 =========================================================== Shahnaj Khatoon, wife of Sri Abdul Jabbar Ansari, resident of village Charhrahia, P.S. Harsidhi, District East Champaran(Motihari) .... .... Petitioner
Versus
1. The State of Bihar
2. The Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.
3. The Director, Social Welfare Department, Govt. of Bihar, Patna.
4. The District Magistrate, East Champaran (Motihari), District East Champaran (Motihari)
5. The District Welfare Officer, East Champaran, (Motihari), District East Champaran (Motihari)
6. The Child Development Project Officer, Harsidhi, District East Champaran (Motihari)
7. The Mukhia of Gram Panchayat Charrahiya, Block Harsidhi, District East Champaran (Motihari).
.... .... Respondents =========================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner : Mr. SHARDA NAND MISHRA Mr. Dhananjay Kumar Gupta, Advocates For the Respondents : Mr. Ajay Behari Sinha, GA 8 Mr. Neeraj Raj, AC to GA 8 =========================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE VIKASH JAIN ORAL JUDGMENT Date: 02-08-2017 The present petition has been filed for a direction to the respondents to pay the wages of the petitioner from 14.12.2005 on the post of Anganwari Sevika.
2. Without going into the detailed merits of the claim of the petitioner, this Court takes note of the statement made in para 8 and 9 of the counter affidavit according to which the selection of the petitioner was cancelled and she was terminated on 13.07.2007 after which one Archana Devi had been selected and has started working. It is further stated that
Patna High Court CWJC No.14918 of 2008 dt.02-08-2017 payment for the period for which the petitioner had worked had already been made to her up to 13.07.2007 and thereafter payment is being made to Archana Devi. The aforesaid facts have not been controverted by the petitioner and no rejoinder to the counter affidavit has been filed.
3. In that view of the matter, the averments made in the counter affidavit may be taken as admitted by the petitioner. The writ petition is thus is devoid of any merit and is dismissed. (Vikash Jain, J) Chandran/BT AFR/NAFR NAFR CAV DATE N.A.
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