IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.8322 of 2008 1. Shital Kumar Sah, son Sri Ramyash Sah, 2. Lakshman Mehta, son of Sri Bechu Mehta, Both residents of Village Kunauli, P.S. Kunauli, District Supaul…………………..Petitioners Versus 1. The State Of Bihar. 2. The Secretary, Department of Primary and Adult Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Supaul. 4. The District Superintendent of Education – cum - District Programme Coordinator, Bihar Education Project, Supaul. 5. The Block Development Officer, Nirmali, P.S. Nirmali, District Supaul. 6. The Block Education Extension Officer, Nirmali, P.S. Nirmali, District Supaul. 7. The Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Raj, Kunauli, P.S. Kunauli, District Supaul. 8. The Panchayat Secretary, Gram Panchayat Raj, Kunauli, P.S. Kunauli, District Supaul. 9. Rashid Ahmad, son of Late Irshad Ahmad. 10. Ranjita Kumari, Daughter of Sri Laxmi Prasad Sah. 11. Gudiya Kumari, Daughter of Sri Laxmi Prasad Sah. 12. Phul Kumar Rishidev, son of Sri Lal Rishidev, All Nos. 9 to 12 are residents of village Kunauli, P.S. Kunauli, District Supaul……………………………………………….……..Respondents ---------------------------------- 2 11.08.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioners as well as learned counsel for the State. Petitioners’ grievance is in respect of selection of Shiksha Mitra made in 2003. In normal course, this Court would have denied the claim of the petitioners as stale as there is nothing on record to show that petitioners filed their complaints 2 within the time prescribed under the Guidelines for the purpose. However, there are documents on record to show that on the complaints of some other candidates, some enquiry was held and some anomaly was found in the selection. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that no final decision has been taken in the matter so far by the authorities. In the circumstances, the writ application is disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to approach the concerned Appellate Authority within four weeks from today. If they do so, the Appellate Authority shall call for the original records from the concerned Panchayat as well as connected records from the office of the Government authorities, issue notice to the parties giving them opportunity to be heard and shall pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, without going into the question of limitation, preferably within a period of three months from the date petitioners move the Authority. BT (J. N. Singh, J.)