WP(C) 3328/2008 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE H.N. SARMA Heard Mr. B. Rahman lead by Mr. A. Majumdar, learned Senior Advocat e for the petitioner. Also heard the learned Government Advocate. The grievance of the petitioner is that the Juria Anchalik Panchay at issued NIT on 6.5.2008 for settlement of the Parmaivety Pukhuri for the year 2008-2009 and the petitioner pursuant to the said tender notice submitted his te nder quoting bid value of 29,901/- upon which the authority settled the bids in favour of the private respondent at its lower bid value of Rs. 27,027 without a ny approval from the State Government. It is contended by Mr. Rahman, learned counsel that in accepting the lower bid the authority is required to obtain prior approval of the State Go vernment but that was not done in the instant case. Challenging the impugned ord er of settlement the petitioner approached the appellate authority by filing a s tatutory appeal under Section 137 of the Panchayat Act on 25.7.2008. Upon hearing the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the le arned Government Advocate and in view of the above facts, this writ petition is disposed of with the direction that the concerned appellate authority viz. the C ommissioner and Secretary to the Government of Assam, Rural Development, shall d ispose of the appeal dated 25.7.2008 filed by the petitioner as expeditiously as possible preferably not later than three weeks from the date of receipt of a ce rtified copy of this order. This disposes of this writ petition.