IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1013 of 2008 1. Kaushik Krishna Nandan, son of Shiv Shankar Pandey, Resident of village & P.O. Chayeta (Sauth), District Samastipur 2. Sutkriti Kumari, D/o Ajay Kumar Singh, resident of village –Bhuidhara, District Samastipur 3. Ranjan Kumari, son of Nawal Kishore Sah, At + P.O. Ali Nagar Leparhn, District Vaishali. 4. Satyendra Narayan Singh, S/o Ram Ayodhya Singh, resident of village Magholia, District Muzaffarpur. 5. Shyam Kumar Sah, S/o Buddhu Sah, resident of village Hayaghat Bazar, District Darbhanga 6. Pankaj Kumar Akela, S/o Chand Shekhar Ram Akela, resident of village Ali Nagar Lebrhan, District Vaishali 7. Droupadi Kumari, S/o Satyendra Kumar, resident of village – Baghra, District Samstipur………………………………………………………..….Petitioners Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Chief Secretary, Bihar at New Secretariat Balley Road, Patna. 3. The D.M. Vaishali at Hajipur. 4. The D.S.E., Vaishali at Hajipur 5. The B.D.O., Patepur Block at Hajipur. 6. The B.E.E.O., Patepur Block at Hajipur. 7. Head Master, Middle School, Ali Nagar, Patepur at Hajipur. 8. The Mukhia, Gram Panchayat, Ali Nagar, Lebrhan, Block Patepur at Hajipur 9. The Deputy Mukhia, Ali Nagar, Lebrhan Block-Patepur at Hajipur 10. Panchayat Secretary, Ali Nagar, Lebrhan Block-Patepur at Hajipur 11. Rakaiya Khatoon, D/o Late Abu Raud of Village Sheikh Toli, Ward No.9, District Samastipur 12. Sanjeet Kumar Pankaj, S/o Shukhdeo Singh of village Bakabdul Kadir, District Vaishali 13. Anupama Kumari, D/o Upendranath Sharma of village & P.O. Kubauli Ram, District Samastipur 14. Shambhu Kumar, S/o Bashudeo Ram of village Dih Sarsauna, District Samastipur. 15. Md. Ashrak Ali, S/o Late Abdul Sattar of village Rasulpur Kawa, District Vaishali 16. Renu Kumari, D/o Vinod Pd. Ram of village Chakabdul Islam, P.O. Pastara, District Vaishali 2 17. Sunita Kumari, D/o Late Gaya Pd. Singh of village Gannipur Yanpur, District Vaishali. 18. Kamlesh Pandit, S/o Bimal Pandit of village Telda, District Vaishali…………….Respondents ---------- 2 06.09.2010 Learned counsels agree that the Appellate Authorities constituted by the State Government under Rule 18 of the Bihar Panchayat Prarambhik Shikshak (Niyojan Avam Seva Sart) Niyamvali, 2006 (as amended by Amendment Act, 2008) are now functional and hence an efficacious alternative forum is available to the petitioners and others for consideration of all their grievances in respect of their employment. In the circumstances, the writ application is disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to file an appropriate appeal before the concerned Appellate Authority, if not already filed, for redressal of their grievances. In case such an appeal is filed by the petitioners within one month, the Appellate Authority shall consider the same and all documents enclosed therewith, including orders of this Court in identical matters, if produced, and other relevant records and make all endeavours to 3 dispose of the same on merits in reference to the original records after hearing the parties concerned by a speaking order, preferably within the time prescribed under the Rules for the purpose, without going into the question of limitation. No order of any authority, passed earlier in terms of Rule 18, as it stood prior to amendment, shall be treated as impediment in consideration of the matter on merits. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion with regard to the merits of the claim of the petitioners. BT (J. N. Singh, J.)