IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.19955 of 2010 Sarita Kumari, wife of Vinay Giri, resident of village-Madud, P.S. Khodaganj, District- Nalanda………… Petitioner Versus 1.The State Of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Bihar, Patna. 2.The Director, Primary Education, Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Nalanda. 4. The District Superintendent of Education, Nalanda 5. The B.D.O. Islampur, Nalanda. 6. The Block Education Extension officer, Islampur, Nalanda. 7. The Mukhiya, Bauridih Gram Panchayat, Islampur, Nalanda. 8. The Panchayat Sachiv, Bauridih Gram Panchayat, Islampur, Nalanda. 9. Ranju Kumari, D/O Awadhesh Prasad, resident of village-Bauridih, P.S.Khodaganj, District- Nalanda. 10.Sangita Kumari, D/O Vinayak Prasad, resident of village-Nonia Bigha, Police Station-Islampur, District- Nalanda………… Respondents. ----------- 2. 12.7.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The petitioner is aggrieved by the appointment of Panchayat teacher made in the year 2009, for which she claims to have filed an appeal before the District Magistrate-cum- Chairman, Appellate Authority. From Annexure-4, which appears to be the memo of appeal dated 6.9.2010, it appears that the same has been addressed to the District Magistrate-cum- Chairman, Appellate Authority. For hearing of such appeals under Rule 18 of the Bihar Panchayat Primary Teachers (Appointment & Service Conditions) Rules, 2006 as amended in 2008, the appeal has to 2 be filed before the District Teachers Employment Appellate Authority, which is an independent statutory authority separate from the District Magistrate. In the above circumstances, the writ application is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to raise her grievance before the District Teachers Employment Appellate Authority by filing a proper appeal/application before it. VPS ( Ramesh Kumar Datta, J. )