IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2885 of 2011 Ram Kumari Devi WIFE OF SHASHI BHUSHAN YADAV RESIDENT OF SONWARSHA, PANCHAYAT JHAHURI, P.O. KARHARI, P.S. LAUKAHI, DISTRICT MADHUBANI Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors . ----------- 2 06/07/2011 There is an obligation upon the District Magistrate, Madhubani to decide the claim of the petitioner, if any. Her grievance is against a wrong selection or her ouster from the selection process despite having higher marks and fulfilling other requirements of such selection. Allegation has been made that respondent no. 7, Smt. Nilam Kumari alias Nilam Devi, whose name figured at serial no. 3 with only 55.86 % marks has been conferred the benefit of such selection. Times without number the High Court has recorded in various orders that the District Magistrates have equal responsibility towards judicial work in addition to the law and order and developmental work thrusht upon them by the State in many a statute or rules made. So long as those rules provide for appeal etc. to the District Magistrate, they have no escape - 2 - from such a responsibility. Present case is one of those cases where the claim of the petitioner is pending before the District Magistrate for more than a year now and it is high time that a decision is taken on this score. This writ application is disposed of with a direction that the District Magistrate, Madhubani (Respondent no. 2) must decide the case of the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of production or communication of a copy of this order. This writ application is disposed of with the direction aforesaid. AMIN/ (Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)