ORDER

1. This Court in this case disposed of on 9-5-2003 since reported as Kapila Hingorani v. State of Bihar1 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 Honble 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 have not been paid yet and the Committee is left with Rs 6 crores and odd.

3. An application for clarification has been filed by the petitioner herein a marked as IA No. 7 of 2004 wherein it has been prayed that Jharkhand Hill Area Lift Irrigation Corporation Limited (JHALCO) be treated as successor of Bihar Hill Area Lift Irrigation Corporation (BHALCO) fro