Bihar puts in Rs 25 cr to clear pending salary bills

A month after it was ordered by the Supreme Court to cough up Rs 50 crore to clear salary arrears of thousands working in Bihar government c...

A month after it was ordered by the Supreme Court to cough up Rs 50 crore to clear salary arrears of thousands working in Bihar government corporations, the state government today deposited Rs 25 crore with the Patna High Court as first instalment for disbursal of arrears.

Officials of the State Bureau of Public Enterprises deposited the amount through cheque with the accounts section of the High Court, official sources said.

The SC on May 9 had directed Bihar to deposit Rs 50 crore in two instalments within two months before the Patna HC for its disbursal among some 22,000 employees.

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The plight of Bihar government employees was first highlighted by The Sunday Express on August 25 last year. A series of Express reports called Bihar’s Bloodless Murder provided a graphic account of how thousands of employees of the Bihar government had been reduced to penury, not paid salaries for at least 10 years.

The SC bench had directed the Patna HC to utilise the money for disbursal of salaries of 19 boards and corporations under the Bihar government.

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