IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.9556 of 2010 Puja, D/o Sri Dukhan Ram and W/o Sanjay Kumar, Resident of village Rampur, P.O. Sona Gopalpur, P.S. Gaurichak, District Patna……………………………………………………………………..Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. The District Teachers Employment Appellate Tribunal, Patna through its Secretary. 3. The Secretary, District Teachers Employment Appellate Tribunal, Patna. 4. The District Magistrate, Patna. 5. The District Superintendent of Education, Patna. 6. The Block Development Officer, Sampatchak Block, Patna. 7. The Block Education Extension Officer, Sampatchak, Patna. 8. Gram Panchayat Chipura of Patna District through its Secretary. 9. The Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat, Chipura, Sampatchak Block, District Patna. 10. The Secretary, Gram Panchayat, Chipura, Sampatchak Block, District Patna………………………………………………………………….Respondents ----------- 3 13.12.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State. In this writ application, petitioner has challenged an order of the Appellate Authority dated 12.04.2010 passed in Case No.24/2010. The order of the Appellate Authority has been placed before this Court. From the order it appears that the Appellate Authority, while examining the complaint of one Nita Kumari, called for the records and 2 perused the entire records in respect of process of appointment of Panchayat teachers undertaken by the Panchayat. After going through it, the Appellate Authority found large scale irregularities in the process. Hence it cancelled the entire process and directed the Employment Agency of the Panchayat to initiate fresh process of appointment in accordance with law, which, in view of the facts noticed, was the approach adopted by the Appellate Authority. One of the appointed teachers, namely, Shila Kumari, moved this Court separately in CWJC No. 9764 of 2010. Her writ application was allowed by order dated 28.02.2011 passed by a Bench of this Court and the said order of the Appellate Authority was quashed in her respect and the matter was remanded back to the Authority to give opportunity of hearing to the petitioner after issuing notice to her and adjudicate the matter afresh. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the same order may be passed in the case of the petitioner also. Since one Bench of this Court has allowed the writ application of one teacher 3 on the sole ground of denial of Principles of Natural Justice, this Court also allows this writ application of the present petitioner in the same terms. This Court further directs the Appellate Authority to immediately undertake the examination of the matter afresh, give an opportunity of hearing to all the appointed teachers, issue notice to them through the Panchayat fixing a date for their appearance, call for the original records from the Panchayat and decide the matter afresh in accordance with law positively within three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. This writ application is disposed of with the aforesaid observations and directions. It is made clear that the order of the Appellate Authority has not been interfered on merits, rather only on the ground of violation of Principles of Natural Justice. BT (J. N. Singh, J.)