IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.9674 of 2008 Sunil Ray, son of Late Ram Briksha Ray, village Suryapatti, P.O. Bedaul, via Janakpur Road, P.S. Pupri, District- Sitamarhi. ……….. Petitioner Versus 1.The State Of Bihar through the Principal secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Vikas Bhawan, Patna 2.Principal secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Vikas Bhawan, Patna 3.District Superintendent of Education, Sitamarhi 4.Block Development Officer, Pupri Anchal Pupri, District- Sitamarhi 5.Gram Panchayat Ramnagar Bedaul, Anchal Pupri, District Sitamarhi, through the Mukhiya 6.Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Ramnagar Bedaul, Anchal Pupri, District Sitamarhi 7. Secretary, Gram Panchayat Ramnagar Bedaul, Anchal Pupri, District Sitamarhi. ……….. Respondents ---------------------------------- 2. 29/08/2011 Petitioner is aggrieved by the order of the Block Development Officer, Pupri dated 1.2.2008, as contained in Annexure-1, by which he has been removed from the service of Panchayat Teacher. Subsequently, intervener has appeared and submitted that he has been appointed in place of the petitioner. He alleged that he has not been made party in this writ application. Petitioner has a remedy before the statutory Appellate Authority now constituted under 2008 amendment in the Rules. It may be that the Block Development Officer may be exercising appellate powers, 2 but this Court considers it appropriate that the petitioner should approach the statutory Appellate Authority raising his grievances. In the circumstances, this writ application is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to approach the concerned statutory Appellate Authority within four weeks from today. If he does so, the Appellate Authority shall issue notice to the concerned parties including the intervener giving them opportunity to be heard, shall call for the original records from the Panchayat and shall decide the matter on merits without going into the question of limitation and without being swayed away or feeling any impediment from the order of the Block Development Officer, positively within two months from the date of filing of appeal/representation by the petitioner,. Pradeep/ ( J. N. Singh,J.)