IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.12082 of 2008 1. Pushpa Lata Kumari , W/o Sunil Kumar Singh. 2. Sumitra Kumari, W/o Jay Shankar Prasad. 3. Kumari Nilu, W/0 Ram Udgar Mahto. 4. Pramod Kumar, S/o Bhubneshwar Mahto. All resident of village-Alampur, P.O.- and P.S.-Bibhutipur, District-Samastipur. .........Petitioners. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Principal Secretary, Human Resources Department, Bihar, Patna. 3. Director, Primary Education, Bihar, Patna. 4. District Magistrate, Samastipur. 5. District Education Officer, Samastipur. 6. District Superintendent of Education, Samastipur. 7. Prakhand Vikash Padadhikari, Bihbutipur, District- Samastipur. 8. Prakhand Shiksha Prasar Padadhikari, District-Samastipur. 9. Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj-Alampur-Kodariya, Prakhand-Bibhutipur, District-Samastipur. 10. Panchayat Secretary-Alampur Kodariya Panchayat, Bibhutipur, District-Samastipur. 11. Mahesh Prasad, S/o Late Rameshwar Mahto. 12. Binod Kumar, S/o Sitaram Mahto. 13. Mithilesh Prasad, S/o Shivnandan Mahto. 14. Arun Kumar S/o Kashi Das. 15. Indu Kumari W/o Devendra Kumar Singh. 16. Priti Kumari D/o Anand Lal Singh. 17. Sulekha Sinha, W/o Mangal Singh. 18. Sunaina Kumari, W/o Dinbandhu Kumar. All residents of village-Alampur, District-Samastipur. .............Respondents ----------- 2/ 07.07.2009 Petitioners have challenged the appointment made by the respondents on the post of Shiksha Mitra/PanchayatTeacher in Gram Panchayat Raj-Alampur Kodariya situated in Bibhutipur block of Samastipur. The selection process is alleged to have been illegal. The process of selection was in violation of the provisions and - 2 - procedure laid down by the Government for appointment of Panchayat Teachers and in the inquiry prima facie irregularities were detected even then the respondents 11 to 19 were appointed illegally. Since petitioners have not exhausted the statutory remedy of filing an appeal against such irregularities. This application is being disposed of giving liberty to the petitioners for filing an appeal before the District Education Tribunal. In case appeal is preferred within 30 days from today, the Appellate Tribunal will not raise any question relating to admissibility on the point of limitation and will decide the appeal on merit in accordance with law. Sanjeet (Mridula Mishra, J.)