IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.551 of 2007 Sri Nityanand Mishra, S/o- late Parmanand Mishra, resident of village- Mahuri, P.S. Udbant Nagar, District- Bhojpur, at present posted as a peon in the office of B.D.O., Tarari, Distt.- Bhojpur at Arrah …. ….. Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Commissioner, Patna Division, Patna 3. The Collector, Bhojpur at Arrah 4. The Deputy Collector (Nazarat) Bhojpur at Arrah, and 5. The Deputy Collector (Estb), Bhojpur at Arrah …. . Respondents ----------- For the petitioner :Mr. Ashok Kumar Jha, Advocate For the State :Mr. S.R. Sharan, A.C. to AAG-5 03/ 19.07.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Against the punishment order bearing Memo No. 239 dated 3.12.2002, Annexure-5, petitioner filed an appeal before the Commissioner, Patna Division, Patna, which has been rejected under order bearing Memo No. 190 dated 17.2.2004, Annexure-6 directing him to file the appeal through proper channel. 3. It is submitted by the counsel for the petitioner that even prior to filing of the appeal before the Commissioner, Patna Division, Patna, petitioner had filed the memo of appeal addressed to the Commissioner before the Collector, Bhojpur at Arrah on 13.1.2003 with request to the Collector to forward the memo, but when the 2 Collector, Bhojpur at Arrah did not forward the same to the Commissioner, Patna Division, Patna, he directly filed the appeal, which has been rejected under office order dated 17.2.2004, Annexure-6 asking the petitioner to file appeal through proper channel. 4. Having heard the counsel for the parties, I direct Collector, Bhojpur at Arrah to verify from his office about the receipt of the memo of appeal addressed to Commissioner, Patna Division, Patna on 13.1.2003 and if such memo is found to have been reserved in the office of the Collector then to forward the same to the office of the Commissioner, Patna Division, Patna for consideration and disposal within reasonable time. 5. The writ petition is, accordingly, disposed of. Arjun/ ( V. N. Sinha, J.)