KAPILA HINGORANI Vs. STATE OF BIHAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS Court in this case disposed of on 9th May, 2003 since reported in (2003) 6 SCC 1 issued certain directions. Those directions need not be reproduced herein. Pursuant to or in furtherance of those directions, the State of Bihar has deposited a sum of Rs. 50 crores. The High Court of Judicature at Patna has also constituted a committee headed by Hon'ble Mr. Justice Uday Sinha, a former Judge of the Patna High Court.

(2.) A report of the said committee has been placed before us, from a perusal whereof it appears that a sum of Rs. 25,98,65,883.00 had been recommended for payment to the employees of most of the undertakings. Payment to Bihar State Sugar Corporation was said to be in the pipeline which came to be about Rs. 17 crores. It has been pointed out that BSIDC and units of other corporations in Jharkhand had not been paid yet and the Committee is left with Rs. 6 crores and odd.

(3.) ANOTHER interlocutory application being I.A.No. 9 of 2004 has been filed by the petitioner praying therein for a direction upon the Respondent-State of Bihar and/or State of Jharkhand to deposit sufficient sum of money with the Hon'ble Patna High Court so that at least the employees of the corporations listed in the order dated 9th May, 2003 be paid their salaries.