IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.2772 of 2011 Suman Shekhar Rajhans, son of Sri Mahadeo Rajhans, resident of Village Dharm Rai, P.O.+P.S. Tarapur, Dist. Munger. -------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Amir Sahani, the Secretary, Home Special Department (Bihar), Patna. 3. Nilmani, the Director General of Police, Patna. 4. Gupteshwar Pandey, the Inspector General of Police, Muzaffarpur. 5. Sunil Kumar, the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Saran Region, Chapra. 6. Amrit Raj, Superintendent of Police, Siwan. ---------- Respondents ----------- 3 27.09.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The grievance of the petitioner in this contempt application is that despite there being a direction contained in the order dated 13.7.2009 in CWJC No. 1270 of 2007, the Director General of Police has not disposed of the appeal of the petitioner in a space of more than two years. Taking into account the fact that there was no time limit given in the earlier order, though a contempt, strictly speaking, would not be made out for the present but, then, it was always expected of the Director General of Police to dispose of the appeal of the petitioner at an early date. In the given situation, this Court would now direct the Director General of Police to dispose of the appeal of the petitioner 2 within a period of three months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. It, however, goes without saying that if the appeal has already been disposed of during pendency of this contempt application, the Director General of Police will communicate the result of the appeal to the petitioner by way of compliance of the order of this Court. With the aforementioned observations and direction, this application is disposed of. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)