IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2780 of 2009 1. ABHINEET JAISAWAL son of Mahesh Prasad Chaudhary, resident of Village – Maida Toli Lalganj, P S – Lalganj, District – Vaishali at Hajipur, at present elected Secretary of Vidyalay Shiksha Samiti, Girls Middle school, Premganj, Lalganj, District – Vaishali. 2. Ganesh Pandey, son of late Satyanarayan Pandey, resident of Village – Panchpaika, Post – Pauni Hasanpur, P S – Vaishali, District – Vaishali. __________________ Petitioners Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. The Collector, Vaishali at Hajipur. 3. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Vaishali at Hajipur. 4. The District Superintendent of Education, Vaishali at Hajipur. 5. The Regional Education Officer, Lalganj, District – Vaishali. 6. The Block Education Extension Officer, Lalganj, District – Vaishali. 7. The Headmaster, Girls Middle School, Premganj, Lalganj, District – Vaishali. _________ Respondents ----------- 02. 03.03.2009 The grievances raised by the present writ petitioners are that one Assistant Teacher namely Satish Kumar has been misbehaving with the girl students of the school which is Premganj, Girls Middle School, in the district of Vaishali. The grievances of these petitioners are that despite their best efforts to draw the attention of the respondent authorities they are not taking cognizance of the allegations and the seriousness of the charges. They are sleeping over the matter and the issue has become serious and ugly. Certain averments and statements have been made in the writ application pointing out the misconduct of the said assistant teacher namely, Satish Kumar. Without expressing any opinion on the allegations which will be a subject matter of enquiry the Court observes that there seems to be some kind of failure on the part of the respondent authorities including District Superintendent of Education, Vaishali at Hajipur to - 2 - act upon the complaints which have been made with regard to the said charges. The law in this regard is well settled by the Hon`ble Supreme Court in the case of Vishaka v. State of Rajasthan, AIR 1997 SC 3011 and this Court need not remind the concerned authority of their official responsibilities in this regard. The writ application is disposed of with a direction upon the respondent No.4, District Superintendent of Education, Vaishali at Hajipur that he shall immediately hold an enquiry, get to the bottom of the matter and take a follow-up action which this Court expects to be done within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication/production of a copy of this order. The writ application is disposed of with the above direction. rkp (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J)