2025:JHHC:23160 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(S) No.3368 of 2025 ------ Premnath Yadav, S/o Sitaram Yadav, R/o Village Pundaga, P.O. Udaypur, P.S. Ramkanda, District Garhwa. … … Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Jharkhand. 2. The Principal Secretary, Home Department, Government of Jharkhand, P.O. & P.S. Dhurwa, District Ranchi. 3. The Director General of Police, Jharkhand Police, P.O. & P.S. Dhurwa, District Ranchi. 4. The Deputy Inspector General, Santhal Pargana, P.O. & P.S. Dumka, District Dumka. 5. The Superintendent of Police, Deoghar, P.O. & P.S. Deoghar, District Deoghar. … … Respondents ------ CORAM : SRI ANANDA SEN, J ------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sanjeev Thakur, Advocate Mr. Ravi Kumar Pandey, Advocate For the Respondent(s): Mr. Vishnu Prabhakar Pathak, AC to SC-V ------ 03/ 11.08.2025 Heard, learned counsel representing the petitioner and learned counsel representing the respondents. 2. By filing this writ petition, the petitioner made a simple prayer. He prays that his Departmental Appeal, which is pending before respondent No.4 - The Deputy Inspector General, Santhal Pargana, Dumka, be disposed of, as the same is pending since 03.06.2023. 3. It is the case of the petitioner that he had been dismissed from service on 31.03.2023. Thereafter, he had filed a Departmental Appeal on 03.06.2023, but the same is pending before respondent No.4. 4. Considering the prayer made by the petitioner, I direct respondent No.4 - The Deputy Inspector General, Santhal Pargana, 2025:JHHC:23160 2 Dumka, to dispose of the Appeal of the petitioner, if not already disposed of, within a period of eight weeks, from the date of receipt of copy of this order and thereafter communicate the reasoned order to the petitioner. 5. It is made clear that the Appeal should be decided on merits. In the meantime, if the Appeal has already been decided, a copy of the reasoned order should also be communicated to the petitioner. 6. With the aforesaid directions, this writ petition stands disposed of. (ANANDA SEN, J.) Prashant. Cp-2