IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8155 of 2008 Rameshwar Singh, son of late Baleshwer Singh, resident of village- Jahangirpur, P.S.-Baniapur, District-Saran. ……. Petitioner. VERSUS 1. The State of Bihar through the Secretary, Department of Human Resources, Government of Bihar, Vikash Bhawan, Patna. 2. The Director, Secondary Education, Vikash Bhawan, Patna. 3. The District Magistrate, Saran at Chapra. 4. The District Education Officer, Saran at Chapra. 5. Sri Kanhiya Das, the Principal, M.D. Uccha Vidyalaya, Kanhauli, Baniapur, Saran. …….. Respondents. ----------- 03 24.02.2009 Heard. The petitioner was a student of a taken over government school. For being absent and not having allegedly filled up internal sent up examination and alleged consequential misbehaviour by the guardian he was expelled from the school. The consequences was that in the ensuing matriculation examination he was not permitted to sit, even in subsequent years examinations his fee and form were not accepted. The result is that now the petitioner is barred from taking matriculation examination ever in his life and would have to be contained to be a non matriculate. This is so because no school will take admission in class-X or sent up his form because he was not a student of any other school. On the face of these facts, the result is that young boy for a dereliction has been punished for a life, a punishment disproportionate. It is apparent that the issue has been so twisted to satisfy the vanity of the school teachers and the management without being concerned about future and career of a young student. They have left him with no chance of either informing of moving ahead in life rather 2 by their unsuccessful or unprofessional attitude seem to be it that the boy becomes a complete misfit in the society. Teachers are supposed to be professionals in handling children and if this is their idea of punishment, I think that they have failed to perform their duty. As petitioner had completed the classes, on petitioner depositing requisite fee and form with the school, in question, the petitioner’s fee and form would be forwarded to the Bihar School Secondary Examination Board for examination for next ensuing matriculation examination as may be permissible. It goes without saying that petitioner would be permitted by the school management to sit in the sent up examination and it is also expected that neither the Principal nor the management would make it an issue of satisfying their vanity in the matter. They must remember whatever it be, it is they who have to reform the child future and it is that for which they are trained. The school management will not raise technicalities to obstruct implementation of order of this Court in any manner. With these directions and observations, the writ petition is allowed. Trivedi/ (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.)