IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.9428 of 2008 Sanjay Kumar Pandey, son of Sri Jai Ram Pandey, resident of village Durgauli, P.O. Bansohi, P.S. Masrakh, District- Saran. ………….. Petitioner Versus 1.The State Of Bihar 2.The District Magistrate, Siwan 3.The District Superintendent of Education, Siwan 4.The Block Development Officer, Bhagwanpur Hat, District- Siwan 5.The Block Education Extension Officer, Bhagwanpur Hat, District- Siwan 6.The Mukhia Saghar Sultanpur (South), Gram Panchayat Block Bhagwanpur Hat, District- Siwan. …………. Respondents ---------------------------------- 2. 29/08/2011 Case of the petitioner is that he was appointed as Panchayat Teacher after due procedure adopted under the law. However, by order contained in Memo no.13 dated 26.3.2008 of the Block Development Officer, vide Annexure-6, his services have been terminated without giving any opportunity to him to show cause and another person has been appointed. It is also stated that the order is a non-speaking order as it does not mention the reason of termination of his services. It is also submitted that petitioner has filed a representation before the District Magistrate, vide Annexure-7 against the said order of the Block Development Officer, which has not been considered till today. A counter affidavit has been filed in the 2 case. But in the counter affidavit, it is not controverted that no notice was issued to the petitioner before termination of his services. In the circumstances, this writ application is disposed of with a direction to the District Magistrate to transmit the said representation of the petitioner, as contained in Annexure-7, to the statutory Appellate Authority within four weeks from today. On receipt of the same, the statutory Appellate Authority shall issue notice to the concerned parties giving them opportunity to be heard, shall call for the records from the Panchayat and shall decide the matter after hearing the parties positively within three months from the date of receipt of the said representation of the petitioner from the office of the District Magistrate. For the purpose of consideration and decision by the Appellate Authority, order of the Block Development Officer, as contained in Annexure-6, shall be treated as quashed and it shall not be taken into account or relied upon by the Appellate Authority. Pradeep/ ( J. N. Singh,J.)