IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4010 of 2009 Rinku Devi Versus The State Of Bihar & Ors ----------- 03. 18.07.2011 No one appears for the petitioner. On the first occasion, when this matter was taken up, Counsel for the petitioner has taken one week’s time. Prayer of the petitioner is for a direction to Respondents for considering her case for appointment as Prakhand Shikshak on the basis of Up-Shashtri Degree, obtained from a Government recognized institution, namely, Kameshwar Singh Darbhanga Sanskrit University, Kameshwar Nagar, Darbhanga. Petitioner has applied for the post in the second phase of his appointment under amended Rule of 2008. Rule 8 of Bihar Panchayat Primary Teachers (Employment and Service Condition) Rules, 2006 provides for requisite educational qualification for being appointed as Panchayat Teacher / Prakhand Teacher. Rule 8, sub-rule (2) provides that intermediate degree / higher secondary degree of any equivalent degree from a recognized institution was sufficient for being appointed as untrained Panchayat Teacher. Some amendment has been brought in Rule 8, vide 2008 2 Amendment Rules. Under the amended rule, intermediate / higher secondary / any equivalent degree from recognized institution, University or Board is the eligibility criteria for being appointed as Panchayat Teacher / Prakhand Teacher, but any technical degree (Polytechnic etc.), Physical Education, English Language or degree related to any language, special language (Maulvi, Up-Shastri) though considered equivalent will not be the educational qualification for being appointed as general Teacher. Petitioner possessed Up-shastri degree, related to Sanskrit language, so as per amended Rule 8 (ii), she is not eligible for being appointed as General Teacher. In this view of the mater, prayer of the petitioner to issue direction to Respondents for considering her case for appointment as Prakhand Teacher has got no merit. Accordingly, this Writ Application is dismissed. SKM (Mridula Mishra, J.)