IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3230 of 2009 1. Arun Kumar Yadav, Son of Amar Nath Yadav, resident of Village- Dohata, P.S.-Bhagwanpur, District-Beghsaarai. 2. Sanjeev Kumar, Son of Devendra Mahto, resident of Kiratpur, P.S.- Bhagwanpur, District-Beghusarai. 3. Indradeo, Son of Ganga Sharan Mahto, resident of village-Kabiya, P.S.-Bhagwanpur, District-Beghusarai. 4. Ram Nandan Mahto, Son of Ganga Sharan Mahto, resident of Village-Kabiya, P.S.-Bhagwanpur, District-Beghusarai. 5. Dinesh Kumar, Son of Lal Bahadur Mahto, resident of Karekh, P.S.- Bibhutipur, District-Samastipur. 6. Gopal Singh, Son of Vindeshwari Singh, resident of village- Sakhmohan, P.S.-Bibhutipur, District-Samastipur. 7. Sunil Bihari, Son of Shanichar Das, resident of village-Jidyahi, P.S.- Bibhutipur, District-Samastipur. 8. Ganesh Kumar, Son of Bhoju Das, resident of Karekh, P.S.- Bibhutipur, District-Samastipur. 9. Vindeshwari Singh, Son of Bauwe Lal Singh, resident of Village- Bharpura Bhochahi, P.S.-Bibhutipur, District-Samastipur. ............Petitioners. Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. Commissioner-cum-Principal Secretary, Department of Human Resources Development, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. District Education Officer, Beghusarai. 4. District Education Officer, Samastipur. 5. District Superintendent of Education, Beghusarai. 6. District Superintendent of Education, Samastipur. 7. Pramukh, Panchayat Samiti, Beghusarai. 8. Pramukh, Panchayat Samiti, Samastipur. 9. Pramukh, Panchayat Samiti, Bachwara, Beghusarai. 10. Block Education Extension Officer, Samastipur. 11. Block Education Extension Officer, Samastipur. 12. Block Education Extension Officer, Bachwara, District-Begusarai. ..........Respondents. ----------- 5/ 27.04.2010 Heard counsel for the petitioners and the counsel appearing for the State. Prayer of the petitioners is for a direction to the respondents to select them for appointment as Prakhand Teacher considering their certificates of Baby Teachers obtained from Gandhi Hindi Vidyapeeth, Prayag, U.P., treating it equivalent to the Basic Teachers Training. 2 The issue relating to the equivalence of Baby Teachers certificate with basic teachers training and recognizing this degree for the purposes of appointment in elementary and Prakhand schools have already been considered and settled by the Division Bench in L.P.A. No. 387 of 2009. The Division Bench has held that the training undergone in Gandhi Hindi Vidyapeeth Prayag, U.P., and the certificates, which has been issued from this institution, cannot be treated as a certificate equivalent to basic teachers training prescribed for such appointments, meaning thereby the Baby Teachers Certificate cannot be treated as equivalent to basic teachers training. It has also been held that the Baby Teacher Certificate is not a requisite qualification prescribed by the employer and, thus, on the basis of this degree, one cannot claim for appointment as trained school teachers. The issue has already been settled by the Division Bench. There is no merit in this application. This application is dismissed. Sanjeet/- (Mridula Mishra, J.)