IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12080 of 2010 1. Mazda Khatoon W/O Md. Rafi Alam, D/O Sheikh Fazluddin R/O Ram Sagar Road, Mohalla- Nadraganj, Distt.- Gaya Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Secretary, Department Of Social Welfare, Bihar, Patna 3. The Deputy Secretary, Department Of Social Welfare, Patna 4. The Divisional Commissioner, Magadh Commissionary, Gaya 5. The District Magistrate, Aurangabad 6. The Director, Integrated Child Development Scheme, Patna 7. The Deputy Director, Welfare, Magadh Commissionary, Gaya 8. Shri Jayant Kumar Sub-Divisional Officer, Aurangabad ---------------------------------- 2. 25.11.2011 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and the State. The petitioner was subjected to a departmental proceeding on a memo of charges dated 6.10.2007. An enquiry report came to be submitted on 22.12.2008 of guilt. Second show cause notice was issued on 14.1.2009 leading to an order of punishment dated 25.3.2010 removing her from service. Counsel for the State from the counter affidavit raises a preliminary objection that the petitioner has already preferred a statutory appeal. That is acknowledged by the petitioner at para 32 of the writ application. If there is a statutory alternate remedy of appeal preferred earlier in time and in which all issues of fact and law can be better examined initially there is no occasion for the court to go into the merits at this stage usurping the Appellate Jurisdiction. Let the appeal be disposed off expeditiously by a reasoned and speaking order preferably within a maximum period of three months from the date of receipt and/or presentation of a copy of this order before the appellate authority, if not already disposed. The writ application stands disposed. Snkumar/- (Navin Sinha,J.)