IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.9413 of 2005 RAJ KUMAR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2 11.5.2009 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel for the State. The petitioner is aggrieved by an order of punishment in a departmental proceeding but admittedly he has not availed the statutory alternative remedy of appeal before the Board of Revenue. That being so, this application is permitted to be withdrawn with a liberty to the petitioner to approach the appellate authority and in the event such an appeal is filed by the petitioner within a period of six weeks from today, the appellate authority taking into account that this writ application has remained pending before this Court since 3.8.2005, shall condone the delay in filing of the appeal and decide the appeal on merits. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)