IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5295 of 2008 (1) Radha Devi, wife of Sri Rajendra Singh, village Loona, PS Tarapur, district Munger. (2) Nutan Kumari, wife of Sri Vijay Ranjan Kumar, village Khudia, PS Tarapur, district Munger. (3) Binita Kumari, wife of Sri Devendra Yadav, village Afzal Nagar, PS Tarapur, district Munger. (4) Kanti Devi, wife of Jawahar Lal Mandal, village Loona, PS Tarapur, district Munger. (5) Damyanti Devi, wife of Sri Gokul Prasad Singh, village Ganaili, PS Harpur, district Munger. (6) Sushila Mishra, wife of Sri Umesh Mishra, village Gandhi Nagar, PS Tarapur, district Munger. (7) Nirmala Devi, wife of Sri Brahmdeo Pd. Singh, village Loona, PS Tarapur, district Munger. (8) Kalawati Devi, wife of Sri Sushil Kumar Singh, village Khaira, PS Tarapur, district Munger. (9) Urmila Devi, wife of Late Jagdish Singh, village Loona, PS Tarapur, district Munger. (10) Bhasma Devi, wife of Boleshwr Singh, village Khaira, PS Tarapur, district Munger. (11) Prabha Devi, wife of Late Basuki Pd. Singh, village Loona, PS Tarapur, district Munger. (12) Maya Devi, wife of Late Kant Lal Singh, village Khaira, PS Tarapur, district Munger. (13) Pramila Devi, wife of Late Santu Paswan, village Daulatganj, PS Harpur, district Munger. Vs. (1) The State of Bihar with Director, Social Welfare Department, I.C.D.S. Directorate, Patna. (2) District Magistrate, Munger. (3) Commissioner, Munger Division, Munger. (4) District Programme Officer, Munger. (5) Child Dev. Project Officer, Tarapur, Munger. (6) Subdivisional Officer, Tarapur, Munger. (7) Block Dev. Officer, Tarapur, Munger. (8) Dr. Kaushal Kishore3 Pd., Medical Officer, Tarapur, Munger – Respondents. 5 26.4.2011 By order, dated 1.1.2008 passed by the District Magistrate, Munger contained in Annexure 1, the thirteen petitioners have been terminated from the posts of Aanganbari Sevika on the ground that they were not performing their duties in accordance with law. One of the affected Aanganbari Sevika, Binita Kumari, petitioner no.3 filed an appeal before the Commissioner, Munger Division which is still pending and no decision has been taken. It is prayed on her behalf that the Commissioner should be directed to dispose of the appeal expeditiously. In the circumstances I direct that other petitioners as well 2 will file appeal before the Commissioner within four weeks. A copy of this order may be produced before the District Magistrate, the Child Development Project Officer and the District Programme Officer so that they may appear in the appeal and file their counter affidavit without waiting for a notice to be issued by the Commissioner, Munger. In case the petitioners file an appeal along with a copy of this order, the Commissioner is directed to consider condonation of limitation in view of the fact that the petitioners were pursuing their remedy before this court. The Commissioner, Munger Division is directed to dispose of the matter as soon as possible. I may point out that the petitioners had filed I.A. No. 1879/2008 in which this court passed the following orders: “Any appointment made on the posts which the petitioners were holding will be subject to the final result of the present writ application.” Since no positive order is being passed by this court quashing the order of the District Magistrate, there is no question of the aforesaid order operating in this matter. In any event the appeal should be decided within a period of six months from the date of its filing. The petitioners are directed to cooperate in the appeal and not seek unnecessary time. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observations. haque ( Sheema Ali Khan, J.)