IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No.986 of 2008 Janak Dulari Devi wife of Arun Kumar, resident of village Raghunathpur Mathiya, P.S. Bikram, District Patna… ….Petitioner versus 1. The State of Bihar, 2. The District Magistrate, Patna, 3. The District Superintendent of Education Officer,Patna, 4. The Block Development Officer, Bikram,Patna, 5. The Block Education Prasar Officer,Bikram,Patna, 6. The Headmaster, Middle School Raghunathpur Mathiya, Bikram, Patna, 7. Smt. Gyanti Devi(Mukhiya) Vijirpur Panchayat, resident of village Raghunathpur Mathiya, P.S. Rani Talab,District Patna…. … Respondents ….. 4 08.04.2009 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The writ petitioner was appointed as Panchayat Shiksha Mitra on 13.03.2003 under the Middle School Raghunathpur Mathiya, Bikram, Patna. The petitioner-appellant passed matriculation examination and other criteria. According to the writ petitioner, he was appointed as Panchayat Shiksha Mitra only for eleven months. Then it was extended by another eleven months, but thereafter it was not extended. The contention of the petitioner-appellant is that the learned single Judge has not considered the letter dated 29.11.2005, issued by the District Superintendent of 2 Education, Patna and further the learned single Judge has also not considered the Government circular and the services of the writ petitioner could have been confirmed with all consequential benefits on the basis of the decision of this Court rendered in L.P.A. No. 940 of 2007 by this Court. The learned single Judge has dismissed the writ application of the appellant on the ground that she was appointed for a fixed period. It is also contended that the representation filed by the writ petitioner was not considered by the respondent authorities. In the above circumstances, we direct the respondent authorities to consider the representation filed by the writ petitioner in terms of the order passed by this Court in L.P.A. No. 940 of 2007 within a period of six months from today after giving opportunity of hearing to the petitioner with a notice to her. Order of the learned single Judge is set aside. With the aforesaid direction/observation, this appeal is allowed. (J.B. Koshy, CJ) SC ( Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.) 3