IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.18860 of 2010 MD.AQUIL AHMAD & ANR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the petitioners: Mr. R.K. Ranjan, Advocate For the State : Mr. Jai Shankar Barnwal, S.C.1 ---------- 2. 27.6.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the respondent State. The petitioners had earlier filed Appeal No.037/2010 before the District Teacher Employment Appellate Atuhrority, Nalanda, which was disposed of by an order dated 28.7.2010 directing the District Superintendent of Education, Nalanda to enquire into the matter and take a decision on the re- employment of the petitioners and inform the authority. The petitioners did not challenge the said order of the appellate authority and appeared before the District Superintendent of Education, who has passed the impugned office order dated 17.8.2010 stating that the action of the concerned authorities was in accordance with law and the case of the appellant is fit to be dismissed, as the selection of previous employed Shiksha Mitra was done by the Sukh Suvidha Samiti, which was competent to take the said decision. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioners have approached this Court. 2 In my view under Rule 18 of the Bihar Panchayat Primary Teachers ( Appointment and Service Conditions ) Rules, 2006 as amended up-to-date, it is the District Teacher Employment Appellate Authority, which is the competent authority to take a final decision in such matter and if the petitioners have any grievance against the order passed by the District Superintendent of Education, they should have approached the said Appellate Authority. The writ application is, accordingly, dismissed with liberty to the petitioners to approach the Appellate Authority. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case. VPS ( Ramesh Kumar Datta, J. )