IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.16533 of 2011 Muneshwar Choudhary son of Late Lal Bihari Choudhary resident of Mohalla- Bagdulhan, P.O. Hajipur Town, District-Vaishali --Petitioner Versus 1. The Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank through its Chairman, Head office- Kalambagh Chowk, Muzaffarpur 2. The Board of Directors, through the Chairman, Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank Kalambagh Chowk, Muzaffarpur 3. The Chairman, Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank, Kalambagh Chowk, Muzaffarpur. ------- Respondents. 02 21.09.2011 Heard Mr. Abhinav Shrivastava, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Prabhakar Jha, learned counsel for the respondent Bank. Petitioner, while serving the Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank as Officer Scale-I, was departmentally proceeded against, and on conclusion thereof, was inflicted punishment by order dated 23.10.2010 (Annexure-8). There is no controversy that the aforesaid order is appealable. Petitioner did file his appeal (Annexure-9) on 07.12.2010. It appears that the aforesaid appeal has not till date been disposed of. Mr. Jha, learned counsel for the respondent Bank, states that under the relevant Regulation such appeal is required to be considered and disposed of as quickly as possible preferably within 06 months. Learned counsel states that appellate authority of the respondent Bank shall consider and dispose of the same within a reasonable period of time. Having heard the parties, this Court disposes of this application by the following order:- Let the appellate authority of the respondent Bank 2 consider and dispose of the appeal of the petitioner (Annexure-9) in accordance with law within a period of 02 months from the date of receipt /production of a copy of this order. Sym ( Kishore K. Mandal, J.)