IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.13727 of 2024 ====================================================== Dinanath Chaubey son of Late Ramakant Chaubey, Presently functioning as Principal, Pankti Pawan Gurukul Mahavidyalaya (P.P.G. College), Choumukha, P.O. and P.S.-Vijaipur, District-Gopalganj. ... ... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Director, Secondary Education, Govt. of Bihar, Budh Marg, Patna. 2. The District Education Officer, Gopalganj. 3. The District Programme Officer (Establishment), Gopalganj. 4. Tej Bahadur Yadav, son of Late Jalim, Resident of Village-Khajuri Karauta, P.O.-Batrauli Pandey, P.S.-Khukhund, District-Deoria (U.P.). 5. Mukti Nath Pandey, son of Late Haribhagat Pandey, Resident of Village- Rampur Babu, P.O.-Balathari, P.S.-Kuchaikote, District-Gopalganj. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Bipin Bihari Singh For the Respondent/s : Mr. Standing Counsel 28 ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER 2 16-04-2025 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties concerned. 2. The matter is refereed to the State Appellate Authority inasmuch as the writ application has been filed against the order, dated 29.05.2024, bearing Appeal No. 06 of 2023, passed by District Appellate Authority, Gopalganj, which has not been challenged before the State Appellate Authority. 3. Regards being had to the nature of dispute, the petitioner is given liberty to file an appeal before the State Appellate Authority within a period of one month from today. Patna High Court CWJC No.13727 of 2024(2) dt.16-04-2025 2/2 4. If the appeal is filed by the petitioner, alongwith condonation of delay petition, the State Appellate Authority shall consider and dispose the same on its own merit within a reasonable time frame after giving opportunity of hearing to the persons concerned. 5. With the aforesaid observation and direction, this writ application is, accordingly, disposed. ashwani/- (Anil Kumar Sinha, J) U