IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA LPA No. 387 of 2009 1. Sanjiv Kumar son of Sri Nityanand Prasad Singh, Resident of village Deoghara, P.O. Amarpur, P.S. Medni Chouki, District Lakhisarai, 2. Smt. Smita Bharti wife of Sri Dilip Kumar Sinha, Resident of village Gadi Bishanpur, P.O. & P.S. Piri Bazar, District Lakhisarai, 3. Amar Kumar Mahan son of Sri Ramdeo Mehta, Resident of village Gadi Bishanpur, P.O. and P.S.Piri Bazar, District Lakhisarai, 4. Pratap Kumar Singh son of Madan Mohan Prasad, Resident of village Manikpur, P.O. Kawadpur, P.S. Suryagadh, District Lakhisarai, 5. Shashi Bhushan Singh son of late Gowardhan Prasad Singh, resident of village Banchipur Chandra Tola, P.O. Amarpur, P.S. Medni Chowki, District Lakhisarai, 6. Ranjit Kumar son of Nityanand Prasad Singh, Resident of village Deodhara, P.O. Amarpur, P.S. Medni Chowki, District Lakhisarai, 7. Vibhash Prasad Singh son of late Narayan Mahto, Resident of village Bakarchak, P.O. Dighri, P.S. Suryagadha, District Lakhisarai. …Petitioners/Petitioners versus 1. The State of Bihar through the Commissioner-cum- Special Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna, 2. The Commissioner-cum-Special Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna, 3. The District Superintendent of Education, Lakhisarai, 4. The Block Education Extension Officer, Lakhisarai, … Respondents/Respondents 2 17.04.2009 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The writ petitioners after studying matriculation got Baby Teachers Training Certificates from Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayag, Uttar Pradesh. The petitioners- 2 appellants applied for appointment as Panchayat Shikshak in pursuance of the advertisement vide annexure 2 to the writ petition. Apart from the Matriculation qualification, one has to get training certificate from a recognised institute by NCTE. Before the NCTE Act came into force, certain certificates issued by the Institute like Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Allahabad, can be accepted but the Baby Teacher Certificate is not as equivalent certificate needed for appointment for teaching in elementary school. It is true that though in the advertisement, the institution i.e. Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Allahabad, is mentioned, but any certificate issued by the Institute is not accepted. The qualification of Baby Teachers Certificate Training Examination has not been mentioned as training qualification or equivalent training qualification and following the Division Bench decision of this Court in Dhirendra Kumar Singh and others v. The State of Bihar and others(2008(1) Patna Law Journal Reports, 583) the writ petition was dismissed. Learned counsel for the appellants relied on a judgment of the learned single Judge of this Court rendered in C.W.J.C. No.1387 of 2007 and its analogous 3 cases, where the services of the petitioners, who were appointed as trained Assistant Teachers in different Primary and Secondary Schools, were terminated and this Court interfered in the matter. The Court noticed that they had undergone training of two years in Gandhi Hindi Vidyapith, Prayag and got certificates. But whether that certificate can be an equivalent certificate as prescribed was not considered. The learned single Judge correctly held in the impugned order that the qualification of Baby Teachers Certificate Training Examination is not a recognised qualification prescribed by the employer and thus, dismissed the writ petition. In the facts and circumstances of the case, we see no reason to interfere with the impugned order passed by the learned single Judge of this Court. This Letters Patent Appeal is, accordingly, dismissed. (J.B. Koshy, CJ) SC ( Dr. Ravi Ranjan, J.) 4