IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA MJC No.3512 of 2010 JAGDISH SAH Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 03. 13.4.2011 Today an affidavit duly sworn by the District Magistrate, Muzaffarpur has been filed annexing the order which has been passed in the appeal of the petitioner. Appeal Case No.27/08-09 has been finally disposed of on 8.3.2011 only when the Court took a grim view of the matter and directed enquiry at the level of the Chief Secretary. The Court only hopes that the District Magistrate concerned would pay equal attention to all the pending appeals and deal with them within a reasonable time frame fixed under the statute. The Court does not want to intervene in such matter to get the appeal of a citizen decided within a reasonable time frame. The contempt application is disposed of with above observation. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.)