The court emphasized exhausting administrative remedies before seeking writ relief in employment disputes.

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK KUMAR SINHA ORAL ORDER

5 04-12-2025 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondent-State.

2. In the present writ application, the petitioner has prayed for the grant of following reliefs:

“(A) A writ in the nature of certiorari or any other writ/s, order/s for quashing the following: - (i) For quashing the order dated 09.10.2007, contained in Memo No. 1292, passed by Block Development Officer, Patepur, Vaishali, by which the appointment of the petitioner as a Panchayat Teacher, in Government Middle School, Ali Nagar, of Ali Nagar Leorhan Panchayat, falling within appointment Patepur Block of Vaishali District, was cancelled and fresh was ordered to be done.

(ii) For quashing the order dated 15.03.2016, contained in Memo No. 04, passed in Appeal Case No. APA 35/2015, by Presiding Officer, District Appellate Authority, Vaishali, by which the appeal filed by the petitioner has been dismissed.

(B) A writ in the nature of mandamus or any other writ/s, order/s, directions for the followings:-

(i) To hold that the appointment of the petitioner was legal and was done by a competent authorities against a sanctioned and vacant post.

(ii) To hold that cancellation order dated 09.10.2007, contained in Memo No. 1292, is illegal, improper and without jurisdiction.

(iii) To hold that the fresh appointment made in the light of order dated 09.10.2007, contained in Memo No. 1292, as well as, appointment of private respondents done in the light of the said order, is also illegal, improper and without jurisdiction.

(C) Any other relief/s for which the petitioner is entitled to.

3. After some argument was advanced by learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel appearing for the respondent-State objects to the maintainability of the present writ application on the ground that the petitioner has not availed the alternative remedy of approaching the State Appellate Authority (Education Department). He, therefore, strongly objects to entertaining this writ application.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he is prepared to file an appeal before the State Appellate Authority (Education Department) and prays that an appropriate direction be issued to the State Appellate Authority (Education Department) to dispose of the appeal filed by the petitioner on merit within a fixed time frame after giving an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner.

5. To the aforesaid prayer being made by learned counsel for the petitioner, learned counsel appearing for respondent-State does not have any objection.

6. Considering the limited nature of prayer being made by learned counsel for the petitioner and agreed by learned counsel for the respondent-State, this writ application is disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to file an appeal before the State Appellate Authority (Education Department) within one month from today and if such an appeal is filed within the stipulated time then the State Appellate Authority (Education Department) is directed to decide the same on merit within a further period of one year from the date of filing of the appeal, after hearing all the parties concerned. Needless to emphasize that the final order which shall be passed by the State Appellate Authority (Education Department) should be a reasoned and speaking order.

7. With the aforesaid observation/direction and liberty granted, this writ application is disposed of. All pending interlocutory application(s), if any, shall also be deemed to have been disposed of.

(Alok Kumar Sinha, J)