IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No 6241 of 2006 Baij Nath Singh, son of late Guru Prasad Singh, resident of Sita Kunj, Gas Godown, Road No 4, Mohalla – Rajeev Nagar, Patna – 24 -Petitioner Versus 1 The State of Bihar through the Secretary, Water Resources Department, Bihar, Patna 2 The Secretary –cum- Commissioner, Water Resources Department, Bihar, Patna 3 The Deputy Secretary, Water Resources Department, Bihar, Patna 4 The Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources Department, Bihar, Patna 5 The Executive Engineer, Quality Control Division – 1, Anisabad – 2, Patna 6 The Accountant General, Bihar, Patna -Respondents *** For the petitioner : Mr Surendra Kumar Singh, Advocate For the S t a t e : Mr G P IV For the A G : Mr Arun Kumar Arun *** 4 30.11.2010 Petitioner states that against the order under departmental proceedings dated 06.09.2005, as passed by the Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources Department, petitioner had filed an appeal before the Secretary –cum- Commissioner, Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar on or about 30.09.2005. He states that till date his appeal has not been decided and there is no communication thereof to the petitioner. Having heard the matter and considered the facts, in my view, it would first be appropriate for petitioner to pursue the appeal. I, accordingly, direct the Secretary –cum- Commissioner, Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna to dispose of the appeal as pending before him and filed on or about 30.09.2005 against order dated 06.09.2005 of the Engineer-in-Chief, Water Resources Department within 2 a period of three months from the date of production of a copy of this order before him if it has already not been disposed of. In case the appeal has already been disposed of, the order passed in the appeal be recommunicated to the petitioner for needful. With this observation, the writ petition is disposed of. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)