IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.5928 of 2008 Kumari Babita, Wife of Shri Devnath, Resident of Village Digghi, Post Office Jamalpur (Pateri), Police station Chand, District Kaimur at Bhabua…………………………..…………………Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Secretary of Human Resources Department, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna. 2. The District Magistrate, Kaimur at Bhabua. 3. The District Education Officer, Bhabua, District Kaimur at Bhabua. 4. The District Superintendent of Education, Bhabua, District Kaimur at Bhabua. 5. The Block Development Officer, Chand, District Kaimur at Bhabua. 6. The Block Education Extension Officer, Chand, District Kaimur at Bhabua. 7. The Mukhiya of Gram Panchayat Shivrampur, Post Jamalpur, District Kaimur at Bhabua. 8. The Panchayat Secretary of Gram Panchayat Shivrampur, Post Jamalpur, District Kaimur at Bhabua………………………………………………………………….……Respondents ----------- 3 25.07.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State. Petitioner has filed this writ application for a direction to the respondents to appoint her as Panchayat Teacher. It is submitted that the petitioner was selected and appointment letter was issued to her. However, subsequently when she went to join the school, her joining was refused on the ground that in her application submitted before the Panchayat 2 Secretary, she was shown as resident of U.P. and not within the State of Bihar. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in the original application of the petitioner, she had been shown as resident of State of Bihar and by interpolating her earlier application, her address has been shown as resident of U.P. and thereby she has been denied appointment. Petitioner has an alternative remedy before the statutory Appellate Authority constituted under the Bihar Panchayat Prarambhik Shikshak (Niyojan Avam Seva Sart) Niyamvali, 2006 (as amended by Amendment Act, 2008). In the circumstances, the writ application is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to approach the appropriate Appellate Authority in accordance with law within four weeks from today. If she does so, the Appellate Authority shall issue notice to the concerned parties, call for the original records, if necessary, give them an opportunity to be heard in the matter, verify the assertion of the 3 petitioner and shall decide the matter in accordance with law, without going into the question of limitation, preferably within the time limit prescribed under the Rules for consideration and disposal of such complaint. BT (J. N. Singh, J.)