The Court directed the Additional Director General of Police, Training Academy, Rajgir, to consider and dispose of the petitioner's pending departmental appeal by a reasoned order within two months of receipt.
Direction to respondent no. 4 to consider and dispose of the pending appeal by a reasoned order within two months.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4269 of 2023
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Skant Kumar Gupta Son of Nand Lal Gupta, Resident of Village - Chailahan, P.S. - Banjaria, District - East Champaran.
... ... Petitioner
Versus
... ... Respondents
====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Vinay Ranjan, Advocate For the Respondent/s : Ms. Divya Verma, AC to AAG-3
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CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD ORAL ORDER
In paragraph ‘22’ of the writ application, a statement has been made that being aggrieved by and dissatisfied with the order of dismissal, the petitioner has filed a departmental appeal before the Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna on 29.04.2022 which is still pending.
Learned counsel for the petitioner informed this Court
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that his appeal has been sent to the ADG, Police, Training Academy, Rajgir for consideration.
Learned counsel prays for a direction to the competent appellate authority to consider the appeal of the petitioner in accordance with law and pass a reasoned order.
Ms. Divya Verma, learned AC to AAG-3 is present for the State. She has no objection to the kind of prayer made on behalf of the petitioner.
Considering that appeal is pending for more than ten months, this Court directs the appellate authority (respondent no. 4) to consider and dispose of the appeal by a reasoned order in accordance with law within a period of two months from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order.
This writ application is disposed of accordingly.
(Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J)
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the competent appellate authority must dispose of the pending departmental appeal within a specified time.
Skant Kumar Gupta
The State of Bihar through the Director General of Police, Bihar, Patna
The Director General Of Police, Bihar, Patna
The Additional Director General of Police (Budget, Welfare and Appeal) Bihar, Patna
The Additional Director General of Police- cum-Director, Bihar Police Academy, Rajgir
The Deputy Inspector General of Police cum-Deputy Director, Bihar Police Academy, Rajgir
Rajeev Ranjan Prasad
As recorded by the court registry
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