IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15278 of 2008 1.Md.Jawed Akhtar son of Late Md.Wakil Akhtar 2.Shahnawaz Alam, son of Abdul Latif 3.Md.Kalim Alam, son of Md.Serajul Haque 4.Md.Imteyaz, son of Md.Tazuddin All resident of village Thikhan, P.O. Thikhan, via+P.S. Kathaiya, District- Muzaffarpur All working as Panchayat Teachers. ……………. Petitioners Versus 1.The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Human Resources Development, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 2.The Director, Primary, Human Resources Development, Govt. of Bihar, Patna 3.The Commissioner, Tirhut, Muzaffarpur 4.The District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur 5.The Deputy Development Commissioner, Muzaffarpur 6.The District Superintendent of Education, Muzaffarpur 7.The Block Development Officer, Motipur, Muzaffarpur 8.The Block Education Extension Officer, Motipur, Muzaffarpur 9.The Panchayat Secretary, Gram Panchayat Raj, Thikhan Motipur, Muzaffarpur 10.Smt.Rekha Devi, Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj, Thikhan Motipur, Muzaffarpur 11.Sri Shamsuz Zama, Ex-Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj, Thikhan, Motipur, Muizaffarpur. …………. Respondents ---------------------------------- with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16724 of 2008 1.Sangeeta Kumari W/O Ratnesh Kumar Singh, resident of vill.-Aswari Banjaria, P.S. Kathaiya, District- Muzaffarpur 2.Dinesh Kumar Thakur, S/O Binda Thakur, resident of village Thikhan, Aswari, P.S. Kathaiya, District- Muzaffarpur. ……………. Petitioners Versus 1.The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Primary Education, New Secretariat, Patna 2.The Collector, Muzaffarpur 3.The District Superintendent of Education, Muzaffarpur 4.The Block Development Officer, Motipur Block, District- Muzaffarpur 5.The Block Education Extension Officer, Motipur Block, Distt.- Muzaffarpur 6.The Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj, Thikhan Motipur Block, District- Muzaffarpur 2 7.The Panchayat Secretary, Gram Panchayat Raj, Thikhan, Motipur Block, District- Muzaffarpur ………….. Respondents ---------------------------------- with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16967 of 2008 Ram Kishore Sah, S/O Asharfi Sah, R/O Vill.- Thikhan Kothi, P.S. Kathaiyan, District- Muzaffarpur. ………….. Petitioner Versus 1.The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Primary Education, New Secretariat, Patna 2.The Collector, Muzaffarpur 3.The Block Development Officer, Motipur Block, District- Muzaffarpur 4.The District Superintendent of Education, Muzaffarpur 5.The Block Education Extension Officer, Motipur Block, Distt.- Muzaffarpur 6.Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj, Thikhan Block Motipur, District- Muzaffarpur 7.The Panchayat Secretary, Gram Panchayat Raj, Thikhan, Motipur Block, District- Muzaffarpur ………….. Respondents ---------------------------------- with Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.18670 of 2008 1.Deep Mala D/O Siv Balak Sah, resident of village Thikhan Kothi, P.S. Kathaiya, District- Muzaffarpur 2.Sobha Kumari D/O Hari Nandan Prasad Sah, resident of village Thikhan, P.S. Kathaiyan, District- Muzaffarpur. ………….. Petitioners Versus 1.The State Of Bihar through the Secretary, Primary Education, New Secretariat, Patna 2.The Collector, Muzaffarpur 3.The Block Development Officer, Motipur Block, District- Muzaffarpur 4.The District Superintendent of Education, Muzaffarpur 5.The Block Education Extension Officer, Motipur Block, Distt.- Muzaffarpur 6.Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj, Thikhan Block Motipur, District- Muzaffarpur 7.The Panchayat Secretary, Gram Panchayat Raj, Thikhan, Motipur Block, District- Muzaffarpur ………….. Respondents ---------------------------------- with 3 Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17610 of 2008 Mithilesh Kumar, son of Sri Raghunath Sah, resident of village Thikahan Bazar under Gram Panchayat and Post Office Thikahan, P.S. Kathaiyan, Block Motipur, District- Muzaffarpur. …………… Petitioner Versus 1.The State Of Bihar 2.The District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur 3.The District Superintendent of Education, Muzaffarpur 4.The Block Development Officer, Motipur, District- Muzaffarpur 5.The Block Education Extension Officer, Motipur, Distt.- Muzaffarpur 6.The Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj, Thikahan Block Motipur, District- Muzaffarpur 7.The Panchayat Secretary, Gram Panchayat Raj, Thikahan, Motipur Block, District- Muzaffarpur 8.Ram Kishore Sah, son of Asharfee Sah, resident of village Thikhan Kothi, P.O. and Gram Panchayat Thikahan, P.S. Kathaiyan, Block Motipur, District- Muzaffarpur. ………….. Respondents ---------------------------------- 5. 24/11/2011 All these cases are in respect of inter se dispute between the candidates for their selection and appointment as Shiksha Mitra subsequently converted into Panchayat Teacher. Petitioners have statutory remedy before the Appellate Authority constituted under the Rules in terms of 2008 amendment. In the circumstances, all these writ applications are disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to approach the concerned Appellate Authority in accordance with law 4 which shall consider their cases and dispose them of in accordance with law, after complying with the Principles of Natural Justice, preferably within a period of three months from the date of approach being made before it. Pradeep/ ( J. N. Singh,J.)