IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.18310 of 2009 1. PRAWIN KUMAR SINGH S/O SRI GANESH PRASAD SINGH R/O VILL- BARMASHIA, P.S DISTT- KATIHAR AT PRESENT POSTED AS ASSISTANT TEACHER RAM SOBHIT SINGH MIDDLE SCHOOL, BELWA UNDER BLOCK AND DISTT- KATIHAR Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. DIRECTOR, PRIMARY EDUCATION, HUMAN RESORUCES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 3. REGIONAL DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION, PURNEA 4. DISTRIT MAGISTRATE, KATIHAR 5. DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION, KATIHAR 6. AREA EDUCATION OFFICER, DISTT- KATIHAR 7. BLOCK EDUCATION EXTENSION OFFICER, BLOCK-PRANPUR (WEST), DISTT- KATIHAR ----------- 02/ 23.04.2010 Heard counsel for the petitioner and counsel appearing for the State. Petitioner’s prayer is for quashing of the order contained in letter no. 1586 dated 11.5.2007, whereby the District Superintendent of Education, Katihar has refused to review the punishment awarded to the petitioner by the District Education Establishment Committee and also for quashing of the final order passed in the departmental proceeding awarding punishment. By the order contained in Memo No. 252 dated 17.2.2004 the punishment of withholding of one annual increment on permanent basis with cumulative effect, treating the period in between 28.7.2000 to 5.8.2000 and 21.8.2000 as period, leave without pay and a direction to transfer the petitioner to some - 2 - other place on administrative ground, have been imposed. The impugned orders have been challenged by the petitioner on different grounds. Considering the fact that against the final order passed in the departmental proceeding the petitioner has preferred statutory appeal before the Regional Deputy Direction of Education, Purnea Division, Purnea, which is still pending before the appellate forum, this application is being disposed of directing the appellate authority to dispose of pending appeal of the petitioner within three months from the date of production/communication of the order. The appeal must be disposed of giving the reasons either for allowing or dismissing the appeal. DKS/ (Mridula Mishra, J.)