IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7521 of 2008 Zeenat Parveen Daughter of Late Md. Ismail resident of village + P.O. Bherokhara Block Tajpur P.S. Tajpur District Samastipur……………………………………………………………Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Chief Secretary Old Secretariate, Patna. 2. The Commissioner cum Secretary, Primary and Adult Education Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director, Primary Education, Government of Bihar Patna. 4. The District Magistrate Samastipur. 5. The Sub-Divisional Officer Samastipur. 6. The District Superintendent of Education Samastipur. 7. The Block Education Officer Tajpur Block District Samastipur. 8. Sukh Suwidha Committee through its Chairman (Mukhia) Gram Panchayat Raj Bherokhara Samastipur 9. Panchayat Sewak cum Panchayat Secretary Gram Panchayat Raj Bherokhara District Samastipur. 10. Headmaster Rajkiya Primary School Bherokhara Urdu Balak Tajpur Block District Samastipur. 11. The Block Development Officer, Tajpur Block Samastipur. 12. The Deputy Development Commissioner, Samastipur. 13. The Chairman Vidyalaya Shiksha Samittee Rajkiya Primary School Bherokhara Urdu Balak Samastipur 14. The Secretary Vidyalaya Shiksha Samittee Rajkiya Primary School Bherokhara Urdu Balak Samastipur 15. The then Mukhiya Gram Panchayat Raj Bherokhara District Samastipur. 16. The present Mukhiya Gram Panchayat Raj Bherokhara District Samastipur. 17. The Superintendent of Police Samastipur. 18. Tawasir Hussain son of Md. Sami Ahmad resident of village Bherokhara P.O. Bherokhara (Tajpur) P.S. Tajpur District Samastipur. 19. The Block Education Extension officer Tajpur Block District Samastipur. 20. The then Chairman Vidyalaya Shiksha Samittee Rajkiya Primary School Bherokhara Urdu Block Tajpur Samastipur…………………………………Respondents. 2 2 13.09.2010 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 forums is available to the petitioner 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 petitioner to file an appropriate appeal/application before the concerned Appellate Authority, if not already filed, for redressal of her grievances. In case such an appeal is filed by the petitioner 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 dispose of the same on merits in reference to the original records after hearing the parties concerned by a speaking order, 3 preferably within the time prescribed under the Rules for the purpose, by condoning the delay, if any. No order of any authority, passed earlier in terms of Rule 18, as it stood prior to amendment, or any order passed by any authority of the Government at the District level shall be treated as impediment in consideration of the matter judiciously on merits in terms of this order. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion with regard to the merits of the claim of the petitioner. BT (J. N. Singh, J.)