IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2659 of 2007 KAMLESHWAR YADAV, son of Sri Ram Awatar Yadav, resident of village- Badheyan, Panchayat- Machchagarh Lakshiram, Tola- Barauli, PS- Mirganj, District- Gopalganj. … Petitioner. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The District Magistrate, Gopalganj, District- Gopalganj. 3. The S.D.O., Civil, Hathua Sub- Division, District- Gopalganj. 4. D.S.E., Gopalganj, District- Gopalganj. 5. Block Development Officer, Block- Hathua, District- Gopalganj. 6. Block Education Extancen Officer, Block- Hathua, District- Gopalganj. 7. Mukhiya Panchayat, Machchagarh Lakshiram, PS- Mirganj, District- Gopalganj. 8. Panchayat Sewak, Machchagarh Lakshiram, PS- Mirganj, District- Gopalganj. 9. Ashok Kumar Yadav, son of Munilal Yadav, resident of village Machchagarh Lakshiram, PS- Mirganj, District- Gopalganj. .. Respondents. ----------- 2. 28.09.2010 Having heard learned counsel for the parties as with regard to the following relief “i) To direct the respondent authority to appoint the petitioner on the post of „Panchayat Teacher‟ of Machchagarh Lakshiram Panchayat. In view of the fact that the petitioner had applied for the post of „Panchayat Teacher‟ of Machchagarh Lakshiram Panchayat and for that he was submitted his application form before Panchayat Sewak (Resp. No.-7) and against that receipt vide its No. 57 had given to him and accordingly he appeared for counselling on 30.11.06 and the serial no. of the petitioner in counselling register was marked as 37 but the another person who was lesser marks holder selected for that post due to oblique reason.” 2 this Court is of the considered opinion that the grievance of the petitioner in the first instance has to be looked into by the District Teachers‟ Appellate Authority and therefore this writ application is disposed of with a liberty to the petitioner to approach the said authority by filing a complaint. It is however made clear that if the petitioner would file a complaint within a period of one month from today, the same shall be disposed of on merits after giving opportunity of hearing to the petitioner and respondent no. 9 without going into the question of delay keeping in view that this writ application had remained pending since 28.2.2007. With the aforementioned observations and directions, this writ application is disposed of. kanchan/- (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)