IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14412 of 2005 Randhir Prasad Singh, S/o Late Shyam Deo Singh, Resident of Village Jahangirpur, P.O. Bidupur Bazar, P.S. Bidupur, District Vaishali, a retired Head Master of Prithivi Singh Uchaya Vidalaya Jahangirpur, Vaishali. ----------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar through its Chief Secretary. 2. The Secretary, Secondary Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director, Secondary Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4. The Regional Deputy Director, Tirhut Division, Muzaffarpur. 5. The District Education Officer, Vaishali. 6. The Accountant General, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. --------- Respondents ----------- 9 23.6.2011 Heard Mr. Rajendra Prasad Singh, learned senior counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. In the considered opinion of this Court, the impugned order, by way of punishment in a departmental proceeding under the relevant Rules, is an appealable order and, therefore, this writ application, without availing the alternative statutory remedy of appeal, would not be maintainable. Considering this aspect, Mr. Singh would seek permission to withdraw this application in order to enable the petitioner to file his statutory appeal against the impugned order. The appellate authority, however, in 2 the event of such appeal filed by the petitioner within a period of two months from today, will dispose of the appeal on merits by a reasoned order within six months from the date of filing of such appeal keeping in view that the impugned order of punishment has been made subject matter of this writ application and the same has remained pending before this Court for almost six years. With the aforesaid observations, this writ application is permitted to be withdrawn. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)