IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8034 of 2010 1. RANJU DEVI W/O SHRI SIPAHI MANJHI R/O VILL & P.O.KOTHEYA, P.S.JALALPUR, DISTT-SARAN Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE COMMISSIONER AND SECRETARY, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE DIRECTOR, SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, I.C.D.S. DIRECTORATE BIHAR, PATNA 4. THE COORDINATOR DULAR, DIRECTORATE BIHAR, PATNA 5. THE DIVISIONAL COMMISSIONER SARAN DIVISION AT CHAPRA 6. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE SIWAN 7. THE DEPUTY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER SARAN AT CHAPRA 8. THE DISTRICT WELFARE OFFICER SARAN AT CHAPRA 9. THE BLOCK DEVELOPMENT OFFICER JALALPUR, DISTT-SARAN 10. THE CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OFFICER JALALPUR, DISTT-SARAN 11. THE MUKHIYA, GRAM PANCHAYAT RAJ RAMPUR NOOR NAGAR, BLOCK JALALPUR, DISTT-SARAN 12. THE PANCHAYAT SECRETARY, GRAM PANCHAYAT RAJ RAMPUR NOOR NAGAR, BLOCK JALALPUR, DISTT- SARAN ----------- 2 04.03.2011 Admittedly against the order of the Director, I.C.D.S., as contained in Annexure- 5, petitioner has filed a formal appeal before the Commissioner and Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Government of Bihar. A copy of the memo of appeal filed on 20.03.2008 is annexed as Annexure-6 to the writ application. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the appeal has not yet been 2 considered and no final orders have been passed on the same by the respondent Commissioner. In the circumstances, this writ application is disposed of with a direction to the respondent Commissioner and Secretary of the Department to hear the appeal of the petitioner and dispose of the same by a reasoned order preferably within a period of two months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. Arvind/ ( J. N. Singh, J.)