IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12085 of 2009 ASHA KUMARI, Wife of Sudhakar Prasad Sharma, resident of village- Dakhingaon, P.S.-Wazirganj, District-Gaya. .........Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Principal Secretary, Department of Human Resources, New Secretariat, Bihar, Patna. 3. Director, Primary Education, New Secretariat, Bailey Road, Patna. 4. District Superintendent of Education, Nawadah. 5. Block Education Extension Officer, Roh, District-Nawadah. 6. Prakhand Pramukh-cum-Chairman, Teachers Employment Committee, Roh Prakhand, Nawadah. 7. Mukhiya, Marara Panchayat, Roh, District-Nawadah. ............Respondents. ----------- 2/ 20.11.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and the State. Petitioner has prayed for quashing of the order dated 10th August, 2009 contained in Memo No. 2312 issued by the District Superintendent of Education, Nawadah, addressed to Chairman, Teachers’ Appointment Committee, Roh Prakhand, and Block Education Extension Officer-Cum-Secretary, Teachers Appointment Committee, Roh Prakhand, whereby a direction has been issued to initiate a departmental proceeding against the petitioner and to stop payment of honorarium/salary, till disposal of the proceeding. Petitioner has not been able to show that in compliance of the impugned order the competent authority has either initiated a departmental proceeding or stopped payment of salary to the petitioner. So far initiation of departmental proceeding is concerned, there is provision under rule 17 of Bihar Panchayat Primary Teacher Appointment Rule 2006, for initiating 2 a disciplinary proceeding, against the teachers for dereliction of duty and misconduct. I do not find that the petitioner has been able to show any cause for maintaining the application. Accordingly, this application is dismissed. In case the petitioner’s payment of salary has been stopped, she may represent before the competent authority, for payment of salary. Sanjeet/ ( Mridula Mishra, J.)