IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC NO.2680 OF 2010 1. TARA MEHTA SANT KABIR SANSKRIT HIGH SCHOOL THROUGH ITS SECRETARY NAMELY URMILA MEHTA W/O DR. ARBIND MEHTA R/O MALI GHAT, P.S.- MITHANPURA, DISTT.- MUZAFFARPUR ……………….PETITIONER VERSUS 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPTT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 3. COMMISSIONER-CUM-SECRETARY, DEPTT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 4. SPECIAL DIRECTOR, SECONDARY EDUCATION, DEPTT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES, GOVT. OF BIHAR, PATNA 5. BIHAR SANSKRIT SHIKSHA BOARD, THROUGH ITS SECRETARY 6. CHAIRMAN, BIHAR SANSKRIT SHIKSHA BOARD, BORING CANAL ROAD, PATNA 7. SECRETARY, BIHAR SANSKRIT SHIKSHA BOARD, BORING CANAL ROAD, PATNA ………………………………………………………………………………….RESPONDENTS ******** 2 18/05/2010 About 16,000 Sanskrit Schools are seeking recognition from the Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board (hereinafter referred to as `the Board’) for the purposes of claiming recognition so that the students of the said schools can appear for the Madhyama examinations. Section 6 enables the Board to accord recognition to Sanskrit schools with the prior approval of the State Government. Several writ applications were filed before this Court seeking a direction to issue mandamus to the State and the Board to accord recognition to those schools who fulfills the criteria laid down for their recognition. This Court in CWJC No. 5762 of 2009 and analogous cases gave a direction to the Board that the 2 Board may take a final decision within a period of six months after the date of receipt of the inspection report taking into account that the school in question fulfills the recognition rules framed by the State Government as also over factors such as viability and necessity of such schools. The Secretary of the Board thereafter was directed to convey the aforesaid decision in form of a recommendation of the Board to the Special Director, Incharge of Sanskrit Education, who in turn should seek approval of the State Government through the Principal Secretary, Human Resources Development Department. The present school is situated in Malighat in the district of Muzaffarpur. It is submitted that the school has been inspected vide Annexure-6 and the inspection report is before the Board. In the result, in consonance with the order passed earlier by this Court, I direct that the Board should consider the report and if it finds that the school meets the criteria laid down for recognition by the State Government, school is viable and there is necessity of such school in the area, send its recommendation to the Special Director, Incharge of Sanskrit Education within three months, who in turn shall send the report to the Principal Secretary, Human Resources Development 3 Department, who shall pass appropriate orders within a period of three months thereafter after receiving the application/recommendation from the Special Director, seeking approval of the State Government. This application is disposed of with the aforesaid observations and directions. Anand ( Sheema Ali Khan, J.)