IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7377 of 2009 NAWLESH KUMAR SHARMA, son of Fulena Sharma, resident of Village- Ganghara, P.S.-Sahpur, District-Patna, Bihar. …….Petitioner Versus 1. The Union of India through Commissioner-Cum-Secretary, Defence Service, New Delhi. 2. Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Defence Service, Union of India, New Delhi. 3. Director General of Chief (Army), Union of India, New Delhi. 4. The General Officer, Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, Head Quarter, Western Command, Chandi Mandir(Chandigarh) Pin-900475 c/o-56APO 5. The Commanding Officer 1st Battelion The Bihar Regiment C/o-56 APO, PIN-910501 Mamun Cantt(Pathan Coat). …….Respondents. ----------- 02. 03.07.2009 The petitioner was Lance Naik in the Army. For certain delinquency, he was Court Martial and dismissed. He says that he has filed an appeal which is pending before Officer Commanding, Western Command. The only direction he prays for is expeditious disposal of his appeal. Without going to the facts whether this writ petition is maintainable at Patna or not, it is requested that the General Officer, Commanding, Western Command would take steps to dispose the appeal as preferred by the petitioner against his dismissal pursuant to Court Martial as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of three months from the date of production of the copy of this order before the said Officer. 2 With this observation, the writ petition stands disposed of. Shageer (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J)