Chandan Kumar Rituraj v. The State Of Bihar And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13585 of 2014 ====================================================== Chandan Kumar Rituraj S/o Sahdeo Prasad Yadav resident of Village/ Mohalla- Shiksha Nagar, P.S. Katihar, District- Katihar. ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1. The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Education, Human Resources Development, Government of Bihar, Patna.

2. The Director Primary Education, Bihar, Patna.

3. The District Education Officer, Katihar.

4. The District Programme Officer ( Education Establishment), Katihar

5. The District Teachers Appointment Appellate Tribunal, Katihar through it's Chairman.

6. The Panchayat Teachers Appointment Committee, Gram Panchayat Sheetalpur, Block Azam Nagar, Katihar through it's Secretary. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Shivendra Prasad, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr. Manish Kumar, AC to AAG-6.

====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY ORAL ORDER 27-08-2018 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the counsel appearing on behalf of the State.

Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner admits that he has not approached the District Teachers Employment Appellate Authority and as such he may be granted liberty to approach the District Teachers Employment Appellate Authority for redressal of his grievance.

In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to approach the District Teachers Employment Appellate Authority.

In the event, the appeal is filed by the petitioner

Patna High Court CWJC No.13585 of 2014(3) dt.27-08-2018 2/2 within a period of one month from today alongwith a copy of this order, the District Teachers Employment 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 petitioner was pursuing the remedy before this Court.

The District Teachers Employment Appellate Authority is expected to dispose of the appeal at the earliest considering the fact that the matter is old one. Final decision in this regard may be taken after hearing all the parties, likely to be adversely affected by the decision.

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