IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.14829 of 2010 MANJU DEVI, W/o Sri Ramdular Sharma, Presently Ward Councilor of Ward No. 4, Nagar Panchayat, Rosera, Residing at Mohalla-Panchupur, Ward No. 5, Police Station- Rosera, district- Samastipur. ………….. Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR, through Divisional Commissioner, Darbhanga. 2. Deputy-Director, Panchayat Raj, Darbhanga Division, Darbhanga. 3. The District Magistrate, Samastipur. 4. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Rosera 5. The Executive Officer, Nagar Panchayat, Rosera, Samastipur 6. The Chief-Councilor, Nagar Panchayat, Rosera, Samastipur. ………… Respondents For the petitioner : Mr. Shivaji Pandey, Sr. Advocate. For the State : Mr. Lakmesh Marvind, AC to SC-20. ----------- 2. 20-09-2010 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State of Bihar and its authorities. 2. By this writ petition, petitioner seeks a direction to the Divisional Commissioner, Dharbhanga to decide her petition dated 26-02-2009 (Annexure-1), which she had filed under the provision of Section 25 (5) of the Bihar Municipal Act, 2007 against the Chief Councilor, Rosera Nagar Panchayat (Darbhanga). 3. Considering the averments made on behalf of the parties and the materials available on record, it appears that the application has been duly filed under the provisions of the Act before an appropriate authority, but according to the petitioner, the said application has not yet been disposed of. 4. Under the said circumstances, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Divisional Commissioner, Darbhanga to decide the said application of the petitioner on its own 2 merits in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of six months from the date of filing/production of a copy of this order. Sujit ( S.N.Hussain, J.)