Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State.

2. Petitioners are aggrieved by the order bearing No. 2878 dated 25.10.2012, passed by the Respondent No.3, Director (Secondary Education), as contained in Annexure-13/1 to the writ application, whereby, the claim of the petitioners for payment of their salary w.e.f. April 1990, has been rejected by the Respondent No.3.

3. Petitioners had earlier filed W.P.(S) No.2314 of 2003 with respect to their claim, which was finally disposed of by order dated 2.3.2012, as contained in Annexure–1 series, wherein the case of the petitioners has been detailed. The case of the petitioners is that the petitioner No.1 is Class III and the petitioner No. 2 is a class IV employee of Pandit Binodanand Jha Balika Sanskrit Prathamik Sah Madhyamik Vidyalaya, Deoghar, which is a Non-Government School, recognised by Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board, Patna, and the affairs of the said School are being managed by a Managing Committee of the school. After establishment of the School in the year 1981, the petitioners were appointed on non-teaching posts of clerk and peon respectively, through appointment letter issued on 01.03.1981 b