< IN THE HON'BLE HI6H COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PETITEON fS) N0. ^001^/2011 PETCTIONER ^Dr.N.K. Dutta S/o. Late Shri Nirmalkant Dutta, aged about : 59 years, Block Medical Officer, Community Health Centre, Balrampur, Block : Balrampur, bistrict: Surguja (C.G.). VERSUS RESPONbENTS l/ ,P,;HO- p.1 pre.s' ^ated. ^ State of Chhattisgarh, Through the Secretary, Health bepartment, Mantralaya, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur, District: Raipur (C.6.). birector, Health Services, birectorate of Health Services, Raipur, District : Raipur (C.6.). Chief Medical & Health Officer, Ambikapur, Surguja, bistrict : Surguja (C.&.). WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTCCLE 226 / 227 OF THE CONSTCTUTEON OF INDIA . ^•^^ :S^--^A)-- /' 3. II HTCrH COIJRT OF CHHATnSGARH AT BITA8PUR PRTITIONRR WRIT PETITION (S) No. 6005 of2011 Dr. N.K.Dutta. RF.SPONDENT8 VRR8US StMe ofChhattisgarh <fe Others. WRITPETmON UNDERARTK2£226/2210F: INDIA SB; Hon'We Siiri Satlsii K. Agnihotn, J. Preseiit: Shri P.K.Patel, Advocate for the petitioner, Shri Arun Sao, Goven'BTienl Advocaie for tlie Slme/respoiideiils ORDER (ORAI.) (Passed on 12m day ofOctober, 2011) 1. By tMs petitioH, the petition.er seeks a. direction to the respondent airthorities to decide the represeiitatioti of the petitioner clated 12.09.2011 (Amiexiire P/l) withm a. period of one mont.li and to allow the petitioiier to work at the pla.ee ofpost.mg, 2, Shri Patel, leamed eoimsel appearing for the petitioiier submits that. earlier, the petitioner filed a writ petition being W.P-.(S) No» 5000 of 2011 (Armexiire P/3) challenging the tra.osfer order dated .09.08,2011 (Amiexiire P/2), whereby the petitioner workmg a.s Medical C>fficer at Commimity Mealth Ceiitre, Ba.lrampw was tramferred to Conimiimty Heaitli Centre^ Udaipim District. Siirgiya., on a.dmimstrative groimds, Shri Patel flirther siibmits that the sa.id petition wa.s withdrawn on the groimd that. the petitioner mtended to ma.ke a represenMioH t.o the respondeDt. aiiithorities. Therea.fter, the petitioner ma.de a representMion to the 8ecreta.ryr, Health and Family Welfa.re Department Govemment of CMia.ttisga.rh'on 12.09,2011, which is st.ill pendmg consideration. •^ 3. Law m this regard is well settled l.ha.t. a. st.atotory rq?resentati^^i.or a.ppea.1 has t.o be decided wit.hm a rea.sona.ble t.ime i,e, within 3 to 6 months. A seven Jiidges Bench of the S'upreme Court, in S.S.Rathore \\ State ofMadhya Pradesh , obser/ed as under: "17. B.edressal ofgrievances in the hands of the depa.rtmental authorities an utiduly long 'time. That is so on a.ccoimt oft.he fa.ct Ihal no aiieiil.io.il is ordmarily beslowed OVCT matters a.nd they a.re not comidered to be govenmienlai bysiiwss ofsuosiance. This approa.cb ha.s t.o be deprecated a.'athorities 011 whom powei< is vested to dispose of appeals a.nd revisions imder the Service Rules must'dispose of such matters as expeditioiisly as possible, Ordinarily, a. . period of ihi-ee io six moiiihs should D€ t]ie oirter limi't That would disciplme the system and keep Ihe puolic servaiil away Irom a protra.ct.ed period oflitiga.tion," 4.- The petitionen a.fter makmg the represent.ation on 12.09.2011, wilhoirt wait.mg for a. reasona.ble time, has rusbed to this Coiirt on 27-.09,2011, seeking the a-bove st-ated directioii. Thus, no reliefat this st.a.ge may be gra.nted to the petitioner, 5, Accordmgly, the Detition is dismissed, No order ast-o costs. Asmt Sd/- SatishK.Agnihotri Judge '!(1989)4SCC582