IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARANCHAL NAINITAL. Civil Writ Petition No. 231 of 2006(S/S) Smt. Sumitra Rawat, W/o Sri Manoj Singh Rawat, D/o Sri Kunwar Singh, R/o Village-Simli, P.O. Asher Simili, District Chamoli. .... Petitioner. Versus Block Education Officer, Block Tharali, District Chamoli. .... Respondent. Sri B.S. Negi, learned counsel for the petitioner. Learned Standing counsel for respondent. HON’BLE RAJESH TANDON.J. 28.02.2006. Heard Sri B.S. Negi, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Standing counsel for the respondent. Both the parties have agreed that the respondent is directed to consider the representation of the petition. By the present writ petition the petitioner has prayed for a writ of mandamus directing the respondent to treat the Shiksha Visharad degree from the Hindi Sahitya Sammellan Allahabad equivalent to B.Ed. (Hindi) and consider the candidature of the petitioner for the appointment on the post of Shiksha Mitra in the primary school run by the Respondent in Village Simli, Vikas Khand Tharali, District Chamoli. Briefly stated, in pursuance of the advertisement issued by the respondent in the daily news paper inviting the application for the post of Shiksha Mitra on 18-8-2005, the petitioner has submitted her application for appointment on the post of Shiksha Mitra. She has submitted that she has the qualification of Shiksha Visharad Hindi Sahitya Sammellan Allahabad which is equivalent to B.Ed. qualification. In 2000 (1) Education an Service Cases Page 187 Smt. Nirmal Rani V. State of U.P. and others, it has been held as under: “Petitioner has passed High School and Intermediate Examinations of U.P. Board, Allahabad. She also passed ‘Madhyama’ (Intermediate level). Sahitya Ratna (B.A. Level) as well as Shiksha Visharad Examinations, (said to beequivalent to B.Ed.) Teaching Training Course from Hindi Sahitya Sammellan. Allahabad. Petitioner has filed certain documents (as Annexure I, II and III to the writ petition) to show that Shiksha Visharad of Hindi Sahitya Sammellan is recognized as equivalent to B.Ed./Trained Teacher.” 3 Liberty is given to the petitioner to approach the authority concerned within a period of 10 days annexing all the documents including the judgment of Allahabad High Court as well as other orders passed by this Court. If such a representation is made the respondent is directed to reconsider the same in accordance with law. The writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs. (Rajesh Tondon.J) 28-02-2006. Negi