IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.20313 of 2011 1. Vijay Kumar Singh Son Of Late Shiv Nandan Singh Resident Of Mohallah- Purandarpur, P.S. - Jakkanpur, District - Patna At Present Deputy Manager, Bihar State Food & Civil Supplies Corporation, District – Muzaffarpur. ---Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Principal Secretary, Department Of Food & Consumer Protection, Govt. Of Bihar, Old Secretariat, Patna . 3. The Bihar State Food & Civil Supplies Corporation Limited, Sone Bhawan, Veer Chand Patel Path, Patna Through Its Managing Director. 4. The Managing Director, Bihar State Food & Civil Supplies Corporation Limited, Sone Bhawan, Veer Chand Patel Path, Patna 5. The Chief Of Administration, Bihar State Food & Civil Supplies Corporation Limited , Sone Bhawan, Veer Chand Patel Path, Patna 6. The District Manager, Gopalganj, Bihar State Food & Civil Supplies Corporation ---Respondents. ---------------------------------- 02 23.11.2011 Heard Mr. Dubey for the petitioner, Mr. Jha for the respondent-State and Mr. R.S. Pradhan, learned Senior counsel for the Respondent-Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation (for short ‘Corporation’). Petitioner was proceeded against departmentally and by an order communicated through memo no. 7795 dated 01.09.2009 Annexure-9, certain punishments were inflicted on him. Aggrieved thereby he preferred appeal before the Principal Secretary, Department of Food and Consumer Protection, Govt. of Bihar (respondent no.2). It is the petitioner’s case that he appeard on notice in the said proceeding and submitted his written argument but yet the appeal has not been disposed of. Learned counsel for the State takes a stand that the matter be disposed of directing the appellate authority to consider and dispose of the appeal within a time frame. Mr. Dubey, learned counsel submits that the petitioner would appear along with a copy of the present order whereafter the said authority may fix a date for affording hearing and/or take appropriate decision in accordance with law on the pending appeal of the petitioner. Having heard the parties and in view of the stand taken at the Bar, this application is disposed of by the following order:- Let petitioner appear before the respondent appellate authority along with a copy of the present order within two weeks whereafter the appellate authority ( respondent no.2) shall, if necessary, fix a date for affording hearing to the petitioner and thereafter dispose of the appeal in accordance with law as quickly as possible preferably within three months from the date of appearance of the petitioner. Sym ( Kishore K. Mandal, J.)