BIHAR RAJYA PATH PARIVAHAN KARM.UN 642 vs AJAI VIKRAM SINGH AND OTHERS — CONMT.PET.(C) No. 342/2004

Case Summary: CONTEMPT PETITION (C) NO. 342/2004 Outcome: The Supreme Court disposed of the contempt petition along with related writ petitions and civil appeals. The Court discharged contempt notices and approved BSRTC's payment schedule for clearing employee arrears using funds (₹458.77 crores from Bihar and ₹35.19 crores from Jharkhand) received under a prior arbitral award by Justice (Retd.) Saghir Ahmad. Key Directions: BSRTC undertook to pay all employee arrears by end-2011 except 5% CPF dues for retired/deceased staff (to be cleared by March 31, 2012). Jharkhand assured salary payments within 10 days and confirmed absorption of allocated employees. The application for 6th Pay Commission relief was withdrawn as settled. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.