IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17431 of 2008 Minta Kuwar @ Minta Devi wife of late Ramjee Singh, resident of village-Harpur, Post office-Nagraw, P.S. Charpokhari, Dist. Bhojpur, Arrah at present residing at out house, Dak Banglaw, Arrah. ---Petitioner. Versus 1. The State of Bihar through District Magistrate, Bhojpur, Arrah. 2. The Deputy Development Commissioner-cum-Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad, Bhojpur, Arrah. 3. The Chairman, Zila Parishad, Bhojpur, Arrah. --Respondents. ---- 03 11.08.2011 Heard learned counsels for the petitioner, intervenor respondent and respondent Zila Parishad. It appears from materials on record including the application seeking intervention that there is serious dispute with regard to the status of the writ petitioner as well as the intervenor as the wife and son respectively of the deceased employee, namely, Ramjee Singh who died in harness while serving in the respondent Bhojpur Zila Parishad, Arrah. In view of rival claims made before this Court by the petitioner and the intervener, this Court is not inclined to delve into those aspects of the matter which is/are essentially issues of facts. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the respondent Deputy Development Commissioner may be directed to consider the rival claims of the parties (writ petitioner and the intervenor) and take appropriate decision in the matter. Having heard the parties, this Court is inclined to take a view that disputed questions of fact(s) are involved in the case and as such no relief, based on pleadings on record, can be granted to the petitioner. However, it will be open to the petitioner as well as the 2 intervenor to approach the Deputy Development Commissioner –cum- Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad, Bhojpur Arrah ventilating their grievance within a period of 02 weeks together with copy of the present order. Respondent Deputy Development Commissioner- cum- Chief Executive Officer, shall consider their claims and take appropriate decision thereon in accordance with law within a period of 06 weeks of their presentation. Sym ( Kishore K. Mandal, J.)