IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10228 of 2011 Nagendra Prasad Singh son of Late Yugal Singh R/o vill- Chandi, P.O. Harauli, P.S.Sadar Hajipur, Dist-Vaishali. -- Petitioner. Versus 1. The Bihar State Electricity Board, Bidhyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna through its Chairman. 2. The Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Bidhyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 3. The Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Bidhyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 4. The Joint Secretary, Bihar State Electricity Board, Bidhyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 5. The General Director, Accounts, Bihar State Electricity Board, Bidhyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 6. The Chief Engineer (Store & Purchase), Bihar State Electricity Board, Bidhyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna. 7. The General Manager-cum-Chief Engineer, Transmission Zone, Bihar State Electricity Board, Muzaffarpur. 8. Sri A.K. Sinha, ( father’s name not known), the General Manager-cum- Chief Engineer( Telecom), Bihar State Electricity Board, Patna. 9. Sri K.K. Chaudary, ( father’s name not known) the Electrical Superintending Engineer, Transmission Circle, Bihar State Electricity Board, Purnia. 10. Sri Vijay Narayan Prasad( father’s name not known), the Assistant Executive Engineer, Transmission Construction Store, Bihar State Electricity Board, Barauni, Begusarai. 11. Sri Navin Kumar ( father’s name not known), retired Store Assistant, Transmission Construction Store, Bihar State Electricity Board, Barauni, Begusarai 12. Sri Sunil Kumar Chaurasia ( father’s name not known) Retired store Assistant Transmission Construction Store, Bihar State Electricity Board Barauni, Begusarai. ---Respondents. For the Petitioner : Mr. Arun Kumar, Advocate. For the respondents : Mr. Vinay Kirti Singh Advocate. For the Bihar State Electricity Board : Mr. Nikesh Kumar, Advocate. ----------- 02 01.07.2011 It is the stand of the petitioner that he has already filed an appeal under the provisions contained in the Standing Order which is still pending consideration. The memo of appeal is Annexure- 65. Learned counsel points out that there is some delay in filling the appeal because of certain unavoidable circumstances and as such the authorities should 2 consider his appeal/representation on merit. Mr. Nikesh Kumar, learned counsel for the respondent State Electricity Board, in view of the said stand taken by learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that in the interest of justice the authorities of the respondent Electricity Board may be directed to consider and dispose of the representation/appeal on merit in accordance with law. Having heard the parties and in view of the understanding at Bar, the application is disposed of by the following order:- Let respondent no.2 (Chairman, Bihar State Electricity Board, Bidhyut Bhawan, Bailey Road, Patna) consider and dispose of the pending representation/appeal preferred by the petitioner against the order of disciplinary authority awarding punishment under Section 43B of the Bihar Pension Rules in accordance with law.. Sym ( Kishore K. Mandal, J. )