IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2953 of 2011 Ravi Shankar Prasad Singh, son of late Dhanushdhar Singh, resident of village Bhathahi, P.S.Jandaha in the District of Vaishali 2.Dhaneshwar Roy, son of Sri Hariwansh Rai, resident of village Hargobindpur, P.S. Mahnar in the District of Vaishali 3.Surendra Roy, son of Sri Amir Rai, resident of village Sarmastpur, P.S.Mahnar in the District of Vaishali----------------------------petitioners Versus 1.The State of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Department of Human Resources, Government of Bihar, Patna 2.The Director, Human Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna 3.The District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Vaishali 4.The District Superintendent of Education, Vaishali 5.The Block Development Officer, Jandaha in the District of Vaishali 6.The Area Education Officer, Jandaha in the District of Vaishali 7.The Block Education Extension Officer, Jandaha in the District of Vaishali--------------------------------------------------------------respondents ----------- 2. 23.9.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners and learned counsel for the State. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners along with 24 other candidates had earlier approached the District Teacher Employment Appellate Authority, Vaishali against the illegalities and irregularities being committed in the process of recruitment of Block Teachers by the Block Teacher Appointment Committee, Jandaha and the same was disposed of by order dated 9.10.2009 with the observation that many of the applicants were trained or having very high marks but bunglings are being committed and the authorities were directed to ensure 2 that the petitioners were also given opportunity of participation in the appointment process. The order was communicated to the Secretary, Block Teacher Appointment Committee, Jandaha and the District Superintendent of Education, Vaishali for necessary action. However, according to the petitioners, the illegalities were continued and despite having approaching the various authorities up to the District Magistrate no action has been taken and certain persons have also been wrongly appointed and no order has been communicated regarding the fate of the petitioners’ applications. In my view, if certain persons were appointed and the petitioners claim to have obtained higher marks than them, then where their appointments are illegal and invalid, the matter should be considered at the first instance by the District Teacher Employment Appellate Authority, Vaishali itself, which is a quasi-judicial tribunal established for the purpose of examining the facts of the matter in detail. The writ application is disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to approach the Appellate Authority in the matter which has had no occasion to consider the matter after some appointments have been made. In case, any such 3 application/appeal is filed before the Appellate Authority the same should be considered keeping in view the fact that the petitioners were pursuing their remedies before this Court, and the same should be disposed of on merits expeditiously, preferably within a period of four months from the filing of the same. (Ramesh Kumar Datta,J.) Spal/