WPSS No.197/2008 Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala J. Mr. A.V.Pundir, the learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. Subhash Upadhyay, the learned brief holder for the respondent no.1 to 4. It is alleged that an advertisement dated 2nd May, 2003 was issued inviting applications for the post of Assistant Teacher in L. T. Grade. The petitioner applied and was selected. The Committee of Management thereafter, sent the name of the petitioner for approval. The approval of the appointment of the petitioner was rejected by the District Education Officer Hardwar by the impugned order dated 8th September, 2006. The petitioner, being aggrieved by the said order, has filed the present writ petition. A perusal of the impugned order indicates that no reason has been given whatsoever while rejecting the appointment of the petitioner. The impugned order only indicates the contention of the rival parties and thereafter, by a three line order, the application of the petitioner for approval of his appointment has been rejected. In my opinion, the authority has passed the impugned order without any application of mind. No reason has been given as to why the approval cannot be granted to the petitioner. The counter affidavit of respondent no.2, 3 and 4 indicates the reason, namely, that previous permission was not taken by the Committee of Management while advertising the post in the Newspaper and that the petitioner did not have the requisite qualification for being appointed on the post of Assistant Teacher. In my opinion, such reasoning cannot be supplemented in the counter affidavit to justify the impugned order. Since no reasons have been given in the impugned order, the same cannot be sustained and is quashed. The writ petition is allowed. The matter is remitted to the authority again to pass a fresh order in accordance with the Rules within six months from the date of the production of a certified copy of this order. The certified copy of this order shall be sent by the Registry to the Director of School Education to take appropriate action against the Officer, who had passed the order. (Tarun Agarwala, J.) Dated:9.6.2010 Nishant