Mahesh Prasad Sinha And ORS v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.20036 of 2016 ====================================================== 1.

Mahesh Prasad Sinha and Ors Son of Nand Kishor Prasad Sinha, resident of Village- Gosaibigha, P.S. Katrisrai, District Nalanda. 2.

Upendra Kumar, Son of Lal Narain Prasad, resident of VillagePurushotampur, P.S. Ghori, District Nalanda. 3.

Ranju Kumari, Wife of Ran Vijay Kumar, resident of Village Amara, P.S. Tharthari, District Nalanda.

4.

Manoj Kumar, Son of Shobhit Prajapati alias Sobhi Prajapati, resident of Mohalla- Lakhanpura, P.S. Civil Lines, District Gaya. 5.

Dhirendra Kumar, Son of Suresh Prasad, resident of Mohalla- Mangala Asthan Ramchandrapur, P.S. Laheri, District Nalanda. 6.

Rajiv Kumar Sharma, Son of Sachidanand Sharma, resident of VillageAmnama, P.S. Islampur, District Nalanda. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The State of Bihar 2.

The District Education Officer, Nalanda District Nalanda. 3.

Block Development Officer Cum Secretary Prakhand Niyojan Samiti Tharthari, District Nalanda.

4.

The Presiding Officer, District Appellate Authority Nalanda, District Nalanda.

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Ramashish For the Respondent/s :

Mr.Ram Balak Mahto-Ag ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY ORAL ORDER 30-07-2019 Petitioners have challenged the order of the District Appellate Authority in the present writ application. against the decision of the District Teachers Employment Appellate Authority a forum of appeal in the nature of State Appellate Authority is now available.

Patna High Court CWJC No.20036 of 2016(2) dt.30-07-2019 2/2 In view of the above, the writ application is disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to approach the State Appellate Authority by filing appeal.

In the event, appeal is filed by the petitioners within a period of one month from today alongwith a copy of this order, the State Appellate Authority is required to decide the appeal in accordance with law on its own merit after condoning the delay, if any, in filing the appeal in view of the fact that the petitioners were pursuing the remedy in the absence of State Appellate Authority before this Court.

With the aforesaid, the writ application is disposed of. (Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J) Ravi/- U