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Bihar govt deposits last installment of Rs 25 crore with HC
Patna, July 07: The Bihar government today deposited the second and last installment of Rs 25 crore with the Patna High Court for disbursement as salary arrears to about 22,000 employees of 19 state-owned boards and corporations honouring the May nine order of the Supreme Court.
Patna, July 07: The Bihar government today deposited
the second and last installment of Rs 25 crore with the Patna
High Court for disbursement as salary arrears to about 22,000
employees of 19 state-owned boards and corporations honouring
the May nine order of the Supreme Court.
Officials of the state bureau of public enterprises
deposited the installment through cheque with the accounts
section of the High Court, sources said.
The first installment was deposited by the state
government on June 11.
An apex court bench comprising Chief Justice V N Khare
and Justice S B Sinha on may nine in a response to a public
interest litigation had directed the Bihar government to
deposit Rs 50 crore in two installments within two months to
the Patna High Court.
The bench had directed the high court to utilise the money for payment of the salaries of the employees of 19 boards and corporations under the Bihar government which had not paid salaries to their employees for years.
The Supreme Court had directed the high court to dispose of all liquidation proceedings in respect of corporations owned and controlled by the state government as expeditiously as possible and pass interim orders for sale and disposal of the property thereof for utilisation of the same towards payment of salaries of the employees.
Bureau Report
The bench had directed the high court to utilise the money for payment of the salaries of the employees of 19 boards and corporations under the Bihar government which had not paid salaries to their employees for years.
The Supreme Court had directed the high court to dispose of all liquidation proceedings in respect of corporations owned and controlled by the state government as expeditiously as possible and pass interim orders for sale and disposal of the property thereof for utilisation of the same towards payment of salaries of the employees.
Bureau Report