IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5998 of 2009 KAPILESHWAR RAM Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2. 14.5.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the counsel for the State. The grievance of the petitioner is that though he had a better marks than respondent no.6, yet respondent no.6 was chosen for appointment and when the petitioner had filed his representation to the Collector as also to the State Government no action was taken. He would, however, refer to an order of the Director of Panchayati Raj dated 30.6.2008 from which it appears that the Collector of the District was directed to look into the complain of the petitioner and submit a report to the State Government for its being placed before the Chief Minister Secretariat but even then the Collector has not chosen to submit such a report. This Court would find that the Collector of the District as with regard to the post of Gram Kachahari Sachiv is the competent authority and once he has been asked by the State Government to look into 2 the grievance of the petitioner, he should have bynow in a period of almost 11 months decided the issue one way or the other and should have also submitted a report to the State Government. That admittedly has not been done. This Court would now direct the Collector of West Champaran District to examine the grievance of the petitioner by hearing him as also respondent no.6 and pass a reasoned order within a period of four months from the date of receipt/ production of a copy of this order. The petitioner for this purpose may file a fresh representation enclosing a copy of this order and the Collector must do the needful within four months of the receipt of the said representation. With the aforementioned observation this application stands disposed of. (Mihir Kumar Jha,J.) Surendra/