IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.6391 of 2002 Sudama Pandit son of Late Hukum Pandit resident of village Sultanpur, P.O. Saghar, Sultanpur, P.S. Bhagwanpur Hat, District Siwan Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Government of Bihar, Rural Development Department, New Secretariat, Patna. 2. The Engineer-in-Chief-cum-Additional Secretary-cum-Special Secretary, Government of Bihar (N.R.E.P.) Rural Development Department, Vishweshwaraiya Bhawan, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director, Panchayati Raj, New Secretariat, Patna. 4. The Commissioner, Saran Division, Chapra 5. The District Collector, Saran (Chapra) 6. The District Panchayati Raj Officer, Saran (Chapra). 7. The Block Development Officer, Lahladpur, Janta Bazar, Saran (Chapra). 8. The Block Development Officer, Masrak, Saran (Chapra) 9. The Block Agriculture Officer, Baniyapur and Lahladpur, Saran(Chapra). ----------- 5 20/01/2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. Learned counsel for the petitioner assails the order of punishment dated 7.2.1997 imposing Censure and stoppage of two annual increments with cumulative effect. He prays for consequential relief for grant of second time bound promotion along with interest and revision of pay. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that he has been visited with major punishment without any proper departmental proceeding in accordance with law. The respondents have filed a counter affidavit alleging therein that the departmental proceedings were held but without disclosing any detail date of the proceeding, the dates of the memo of charges, the enquiry report and the second show cause notice. Be that as it may, it is apparent from Annexure-6 to the writ petition that the petitioner has preferred an appeal which has been forwarded to respondent no. 4. The only properw order to be passed - 2 - now is to dispose of this writ application with a direction to respondent no. 4 to decide the appeal of the petitioner by reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law within a maximum period of four months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. It is expected that necessary consequential action, if any, required after the order of the Commissioner shall be taken by the authorities without compelling the petitioner to approach this Court again. With the above observation and direction, this writ application is disposed of. (Navin Sinha, J.) AMIN