Urmila Devi v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15530 of 2011 ====================================================== URMILA DEVI W/O Yogendra Bhagat R/O Village- Khara East, P.S.- Patepur, District - Vaishali ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

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THE STATE OF BIHAR and ORS 2.

The District Magistrate, Vaishali At Hajipur 3.

The District Programme Officer, Vaishali At Hajipur 4.

The Child Development Project Officer, Patepur Block, District- Vaishali 5.

The Block Development Officer, Patepur, District - Vaishali ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Kunwar Asif Singh For the State :

Mr.Alok Kr. Rahi, AC to AAG 4 For respondent no.6 Mr. Dharmendra Kr. Paswan ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MADHURESH PRASAD ORAL ORDER 02-09-2019 Counsel for the petitioner is permitted to implead Divisional Commissioner, Tirhut as respondent no.7 to the writ petition in course of the day.

Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the respondents-State as well as respondent no.6. In view of extant amended provision of the guidelines subsequent to amendment dated 27.05.2019, appeal against the order passed by the District Programme Officer would lie before Divisional Commissioner.

In view of the aforesaid circumstance, writ petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to avail remedy of appeal

Patna High Court CWJC No.15530 of 2011(7) dt.02-09-2019 2/2 before the Commissioner, Tirhut.

In the event appeal is preferred within a period of four weeks, Commissioner, Tirhut would examine the claim of the petitioner upon its merits and dispose of the same by reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law within the period of three months from the date of filing of the appeal. Writ petition is dismissed with the aforesaid liberty. (Madhuresh Prasad, J) s.hassan/- U