IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.13087 of 2008 MOHMOUD ALAM Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- 2 09.09.2008 Heard learned Counsel for the petitioner and the learned Counsel for the State. The ground urged to assail the order of transfer dated 8.8.2008 is that the Secretary, Gram Panchayat, has no jurisdiction to do so making the order void ab initio. It is only the committee constituted under Rule 9(vii) of the Bihar Panchayat Primary Teachers (Appointment and Service Condition) Rules 2006 which was competent to pass orders of transfer under Rule 13 thereof. The order being by an authority not competent to do so, when jurisdiction for the purpose is vested in the competent authority by Statutory Rules, is per se illegal and only requires a formal denunciation. The order of transfer dated 8.8.2008 is quashed. The writ application stands allowed. Snkumar/- (Navin Sinha,J.)