IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.11741 of 2010 1. CHAMAN ARA W/O MD. FAKRE ALAM ANGANWARI SEVIKA CENTRE NO. 108, HASANPUR BISHARIA, PRAKHAND- BHARGAWAN PANCHAYAT KHAJURI, P.S.- BHARGAWAN, DISTT.- ARARIA Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR THROUGH THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE-CUM-COLLECTOR, ARARIA 2. THE DISTRICT WELFARE OFFICER-CUM-DISTRICT PROGRAMME OFFICER, ARARIA 3. DIRECTOR INTEGRATED CHILD DEVELOPMENT SCHEME DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 4. CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OFFICER, BHARGAWAN, DISTT.- ARARIA 5. DEPUTY COLLECTOR, IN-CHARGE LEGAL CELL, DISTT.- ARARIA 6. MUKHIYA, GRAM PANCHAYAT RAJ, BISHARIA, PRAKHAND- BHARGAWAN, DISTT.- ARARIA ----------- 02. 23.03.2011 There cannot be a better example of non-application of mind to the issue and that too having serious civil consequences upon a citizen than the order contained in Annexure-4 passed by the District Welfare Officer cum Programme Officer, Araria. By virtue of this decision service of the petitioner has been done away, who happened to be an Angan Bari Sewika. It is a printed form where only details of the petitioner and name of the Panchayat in question have been filled up and rest of the materials are readymade materials for passing an order of dismissal. This Court has deprecated such conduct of authorities who are saddled with such responsibility in the past for acting in a mechanical fashion but it has had no effect on 2 them because they continue to function in the manner which suits them. Since neither the original order nor the appellate order indicates the reasons for coming to the conclusion, they suffer from the vice of absence of reasons for the decision. If Annexure-4 is otherwise illegal, in the circumstances mentioned above, the asppellate order contained in Annexure-5 also cannot stand. Annexure- 4 and 5 dated 21.11.2008 and 16.3.2010 respectively are quashed. Matter is remitted back to the District Welfare Officer, who shall pass a reasoned order after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner on the issue. Till such a decision is taken, the petitioner would be allowed to function on the post. The writ application is allowed. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)