Patna High Court
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.17959 of 2012 ====================================================== Rita Rai Daughter Of Sri Badri Nath Rai & Wife Of Akhilesh Rai Resdient Of Village- Chunni, P.S. And District- Buxar .... .... Petitioner/s Versus 1. The State Of Bihar Through Principal Secretary Of Education, Human Resources Department, Bihar Patna 2. The Special Director (Secondary Education) Department Of Human Resource, Govt. Of Bihar, Patna 3. Chairman Of Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board, Bihar, Patna 4. Secretary Of Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board, Bihar, Patna 5. Sri Kamala Pati 'Chairman Of Vidyalay Management Committee Of Adarsh Sanskrit Uchch Vidyalaya Chunni, Buxar 6. Sri Pramhans Ojha Secretary Of Vidyalay Management Committee Of Adarsh Sanskrit Uchch Vidyalay Chunni, Buxar 7. Sri Sidh Nath, Incharge Head Master Of Adarsh Uchch Vidyalay Chunni, Buxar 8. Sri Paras Nath Ram Son Of Sri Vindhyachal Ram Resident Of Village- Narayanpur, P.O.- Kotwa, District- Baliya (U.P.)
Legal Reasoning
.... .... Respondents ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MIHIR KUMAR JHA ORAL ORDER 2 25-07-2013 Heard learned counsel for the parties. 2. The petitioner in this writ application has prayed for the following relief:- “for quashing the Memo No. 237 dated 29.11.2011 (Annexure-17) passed by Special Director (Secondary Education) respondent no.2 and to direct the respondent no.3 and 4 for approval of selection of the petitioner by respondent no.5 after removing the illegality appointed person (Respondent no.8)” 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the Special Director (Secondary Education) has committed an error both on fact and in law while passing the impugned order Patna High Court CWJC No.17959 of 2012 (2) dt.25-07-2013 2 dated 29.11.2011 holding the petitioner to be ineligible for appointment on the post of Sanskrit Teacher in a recognized private Sanskrit high school. According to him, since the petitioner was already M.A. in Sanskrit, she will be deemed to have the qualification for appointment on the post of Sanskrit Teacher. 4. Learned counsel for the respondents on the other hand has pointed out that the advertisement itself had prescribed the qualification for the post in hand laying down Acharya in Sanskrit subject to be compulsory for such appointment. According to them, since the petitioner did not possess the qualification of Acharya, her appointment made by the Governing Body of the school was itself bad and that was not approved by the Board, whereafter, such decision of the Board was also affirmed in appeal by the Special Director in the impugned order. 5. In the considered opinion of this Court such submission of learned counsel for the Respondent has to be accepted for more than reason. Firstly in a recognized private Sanskrit school, the Government has laid down staffing pattern. Such staffing pattern has to be only for the purposes of the Government extending full financial support for payment of salary against these posts. It is in this background that the Government Patna High Court CWJC No.17959 of 2012 (2) dt.25-07-2013 3 for the post of Teacher in the recognized private Sanskrit high school has laid down that there would be four posts of Teachers of the Sanskrit subjects and they must be having qualification of Acharya. Even there it has been made clear that Acharya in the subject of vk;qZosn will not qualify for the appointment on the post of Sanskrit Teacher. In the same Government circular laying down staffing pattern, there are also posts of teachers for non Sanskrit subject for which also qualification has been laid down. The aforesaid Government circular contained in Resolution no. I/B 9-96/76-shi-572 dated 29.06.1981 is reproduced hereinbelow:- ^^vjktdh; laLd‘r fo|ky; esa f’k{k.k ,oa f’k{k.ksrj LVkQ dk fu/kkZj.k la0 vkbZ@o 9&96@76&f’k0&572 f’k{kk foHkkx ladYi 29 twu 1981 fo"k;& vjktdh; laLd‘r fo|ky; esa f’k{k.k ,oa f’k{k.ksRrj LVkQ dk fu/kkZj.kA i<+k x;k& ladYi la[;k vkbZ@lh0 9&96@76 f’k0 2261] fnukad 18 vDVwcj 1976 ,oa ladYi la[;k 1152] fnukad 26 fnlEcj 1980A jktdh; ladYi la[;k vkbZ@lh 9&96@76 f’k0&2261 fnukad 8 vDVwcj 1976 }kjk fofHkUu dksfV dh vjktdh; laLd‘r f’k{k.k laLFkkvkas dh izLohd‘fr dh ’krsZ vf/kdfFkr dh x;h gSaA mu ’krksZa esa izR;sd dksfV dh laLFkk ds fy, U;wure f’k{k.k LVkQ dh la[;k ,oa vgZrk fu/kkZfjr dh x;h gS fdUrq bldk fu/kkZj.k ugha fd;k x;k gS fd fofHkUu vgZrk ds fdrus f’k{kd gksxs vkSj mudk in fdl dksfV ds osrueku esa gksxkA iwu% mDr ladYi es a fofHkUu dksfV dh laLd‘r Patna High Court CWJC No.17959 of 2012 (2) dt.25-07-2013 4 laLFkkvksa dk oxhZdj.k lkekU; f’k{kk dh iqjkuh f’k{kk lajpuk ds vk/kkj ij fn[kky;k x;k gSaA ubZ f’k{kk lajpuk ds vk/kkj ij mleas ifjorZu dh vko’;drk gSa bu ckrksa ij fopkj dj jkT; ljdkj us e/;ek Lrj rd dh laLd‘r f’k{k.k laLFkkvksa dh lajpuk ,oa izR;sd dksfV dh f’k{k.k laLFkkvksa esa fu;qfDr gsrq fofHkUu vgZrk ds f’k{kdksa ds inksa dh la[;k ,oa muds osrueku dh dksfV ds fu/kkZj.k ds laca/k esa v/kksfyf[kr fu.kZ; fy;k gS%& 1- laLd‘r f’k{k.k laLFkkvksa dk oxhZdj.k&e/;ek Lrj rd h laLd‘r laLFkkvksa dk oxhZdj.k fuEu izdkj gksxk& …d‰ izkFkfed laLd‘r fo|ky; ,d ls ikap oxZA …[k‰ e/; laLd‘r fo|ky; N% ls vkB oxZA …x‰ izkFkfed&lg&e/; laLd‘r fo|ky; ,d ls vkB oxZA …?k‰ ek/;fed laLd‘r fo|ky; N% ls nl oxZA vko’;drkuqlkj ek/;fed laLd‘r fo|ky; ds lkFk oxZ ,d ls ikap dh izkFkfed bdkbZ;ksa dks tksM+us dh Lohd‘fr nh tk ldrh gSA 2- f’k{k.k LVkQ& e/;ek Lrj rd dh fofHkUu dksfV ds laLd‘r f’k{k.k laLFkkvksa esa f’k{k.k LVkQ fuEu izdkj gksaxsA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ dzekad laLFkk dk Lrj ekud f’k{k.k ekud f’k{k.k osrueku dh dksfV LVkQ dh LVkQ dh la[;kA U;wure vgZrk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ …1‰ izkFkfed laLd‘r 2 laLd‘r mi’kkL=h eSfVzd izf’kf{kr …vk;qZosn fo"k; dks NksM+dj‰ ,d eSfVzd izf’kf{kr] vFkok vk/kqfud fo"k;ksa ds lkFk laLd‘r e/;ek &,d …2‰ e/; laLd‘r 4 …d‰ iz/kkuk/;kid izf’kf{kr Lukrd fo|ky; vkpk;Z vFkok dk osrueku …oxZ 6&8‰ uohu ’kkL=h …vk;qZosn fo"k; dks NksM+dj‰&,dA …[k‰ b.VjehfM,V b.VjehfM,V izf’kf{kr vFkok izf’kf{kr dk uohu mi’kkL=h osruekuA &,dA …x‰ eSfVzd eSfVzd izf’kf{kr izf’kf{kr vFkok dk osruekuA vk/kqfud fo"k;ksa ds lkFk laLd‘r e/;ek&nksA Patna High Court CWJC No.17959 of 2012 (2) dt.25-07-2013 5 …3‰ izkFkfed&lg& 6 mi;qZDr …1‰ e/; fo|ky;A ,oa …2‰ dks ---- feykdj …4‰ ek/;fed 7 …d‰ iz/kkuk/;kid izf’kf{kr Lukrd laLd‘r &,d …vkpk;Z‰ …lsysD’ku xzsM‰ fo|ky; …vk;qosZn fo"k; dk osruekuA dks NksM+dj‰A …[k‰ lgk;d izf’kf{kr Lukrd f’k{kd&rhu dk osruekuA vkpk;Z …vk;qZosn fo"k; dks NksM+dj‰A …x‰ lgk;d f’k{kd rnSo &rhu …vk;qZosn fo"k; dks NksM+dj‰A ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fVIi.kh&…1‰ rhu lgk;d f’k{kdksa esa ,d vk/kqfud fo"k; ds f’k{kd gksaxsA …2‰ izkphu ’kkL=h ;ksX;rk/kkjh iz/kkuk/;kid dks b.VjehfM,V izf’kf{kr dk osrueku ns; gksxkA …3‰ iz/kkuk/;kid ds fy, laLd‘r fo|ky; esa i<+k, tkusokys laLd‘r fo"k;ksa esa ls fdlh ,d fo"k; esa izkpk;Z ijh{kk esa U;wure f}rh; Js.kh esa mRrhZ.k gksuk rFkk fdlh ek/;fed Lrj ds fo|ky; esa de ls de 5 o"kksZa dk ’kS{kf.kd vuqHko gksuk vko’;d gksaxkA f’k{k.k ,,oa iz’kklu laca/kh fo’kk"kkuqHko izkIr fo}kuksa dh izkFkfedrk nh tk ldrh gSaA lgk;d f’k{kdksa ds vkpk;Z@Lukrd Lrj ds fo"k;ksa dk fu/kkZj.k fo|ky; dh vko’;drk dks /;ku eas j[krs gq, fd;k tk,xkA vk/kqfud fo"k; ds Lukrd ;fn izf’kf{kr ugha gksxs[ rks mUgsa b.VjehfM,V izf’kf{kr f’k{kd dk osrueku ns; gksxkA laLd‘r fo"k; ds f’k{kd in ij fu;qfDr esa izf’kf{kr mEehnokjksa dks izkFkfedrk nh tk,xhA …4‰ fo|ky; esa foKku dh i<+kbZ dh vuqefr feyus ij foKku f’k{kd dk vfrfjDr in l‘ftr fd;k tk ldrk gSA vkns’k& vkns’k fn;k tkrk gS fd bl ladYi dks fcgkj jkti= esa izdkf’kr fd;k tk,A fcgkj jkT;iky ds vkns’k ls] ujsUnz iky flag ljdkj ds fo’ks"k lfpoA** 6. Secondly the advertisement, in question, was issued by the Managing Committee of the school only on the basis of the aforementioned government circular, inasmuch as, any post filled up contrary to the qualification laid down in the government circular could not have been approved by the Board and thus, the appointment of the petitioner made by the Managing Committee Patna High Court CWJC No.17959 of 2012 (2) dt.25-07-2013 6 of the school could not have been recognized much less approved by the Board for the purpose of payment of salary on the basis of the fund released by the Government. 7. Therefore, if the Managing Committee of the school had wrongly appointed the petitioner despite her not possessing the requisite qualification and infact contrary to the terms of advertisement the action of the Board of not approving such appointment of the petitioner and the consequential order of the Special Director of the State Government in exercise of appellate power under Section 24 of the Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board Act, 1981 cannot be said to be erroneous either on fact or in law wherein it has been held as follows:- ^^vfHkys[k ls Li"V gS fd foKkiu dsoy nks vkpk;Z f’k{kd dh fu;qfDr dk FkkA ml foKkiu esa ;ksX;rk dsoy vkpk;Z Fkh u fd led{k ;ksX;rkA vihykFkhZ dh ;ksX;rk M.A. laLd‘r ftls fcgkj ljdkj vkpk;Z ds led{k ekuk gS vH;fFkZ;ksa esa vkpk;Z ;ksX;rk/kkjh Fks] blfy, izca/k lfefr us izfroknh la[;k&7 dh fu;qfDr dk izLrko dk vuqeksnu gsrq fcgkj laLd‘r f’k{kk cksMZ dks HkstkA cksMZ us vius Kkikad&399 fnukad 10-02-2010 ds }kjk izca/k lfefr ds izLrko dks vuqeksnu fn;k tks lgh gSA mijksDr rF;ksa ds vk/kkj ij vihy [kkfjt fd;k tkrk gSA** 8. The reliance placed on government circular dated 29.03.1963 (Annexure-14) laying down Acharya (with English at Shastri Stage) to be equivalent to M.A. Sanskrit and another Patna High Court CWJC No.17959 of 2012 (2) dt.25-07-2013 7 circular dated 11.4.1983 (Annexure-15) will also be of no two avail for two reasons. Firstly they relate to equivalence of Acharya qualification whereas there is no provision in the staffing pattern dated 29.6.1961 for an equivalent qualification, meaning thereby Acharya qualification holders alone can be appointed on the post of teachers for Sanskrit subject in recognized Sanskrit High School. Secondly the circular dated 29.6.1963 (Annexure-14) is confined to equivalence of such qualification from Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University whereas other circular dated 11.4.1983 is with regard to equivalence of qualification acquired from Sampurnand Sanskrit University whereas the qualification of M.A. Sanskrit has been acquired by the petitioner from Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, Varanasi for which there is no such circular issued by the State Government of Bihar. 9. That being so, this application is wholly misconceived and is, accordingly, dismissed. (Mihir Kumar Jha, J) Rishi/-