IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13143 of 1996 Jag Narayan Pd. Singh, son of Late Rajnandan Singh, C/O Uma Shankar Singh, resident of Uransola Shivpuri, P.S.- Anisabad, District- Patna. ------Petitioner. -Versus- 1. Bihar State Road Transport Corporation, through its Chairman, Paribahan Bhawan, Birchand Patel Marg, Patna. 2. The Managing Director, Bihar State Road Transport Corporation, Paribahan Bhawan, Birchand Patel Path, Patna. 3. The Additional Managing Director, Bihar State Road Transport Corporation, Paribahan Bhawan, Birchand Patel Path, Patna. 4. The Officer on Special Duty-cum- Enquiry Officer, Bihar State Road Transport Corporation, Paribahan Bhawan, Birchand Patel Path, Patna. 5. The Divisional Manager, Bihar State Road Transport Corporation, Chapra Division, Chapra. 6. The Depot Superintendent Gopalganj Depot under Chapra Division, Chapra. --------Respondents. ---------- 3. 24.11.2008. The petitioner has challenged the order contained in annexure-2 which has been issued by the Additional Managing Director of the Transport Corporation. The grounds taken in the writ application are that the Disciplinary Authority who issued annexure-1 dated 23.6.1992 and the Appellate Authority is the same person. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Corporation submits that the then Additional Managing Director Sri T.P.Sinha was promoted as a Managing Director, and as such, the appeal would lie to the Managing Director as he would be the Appellant Authority of the Corporation. I find that the reason given for dismissing the appeal on the ground that the appeal was time barred is unreasonable. The authority - 2 - ought to have condoned the delay and heard the appeal on merits. The order issued by annexure-2 dated 3.12.1993 is quashed and the matter is remanded to the Administrator of the Transport Corporation who will dispose of the appeal within a period of four months on receipt/production of this order. The writ application is accordingly disposed of with the aforesaid directions. No interim relief will be granted to the petitioner during the pendency of the appeal. U.K. (Sheema Ali Khan,J)