IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA C.W.J.C. No.18403 of 2008 Ashish Kumar Ranjan, son of Hiralal Choudhary, Resident of Mohalla Kajipura, P.s. Kahalgaon, District Bhagalpur .. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The District Magistrate, Bhagalpur 3. The Sub Divisional Education Officer, North Bhagalpur, Bhagalpur 4. The District Education Officer, Bhagalpur 5. The District Superintendent of Education, Bhagalpur .. Respondents **** /2/ 04.02.2009 Heard the counsel for the petitioner and the State. 2. Petitioner has filed this writ application for the second time for similar relief. Earlier he filed C.W. J.C. No. 9938 of 2007. This writ application was disposed off with the liberty to submit an application to the Collector, Bhagalpur, and the Collector was directed to enquire into the matter and complete enquiry within a period of three months from the date of submission of the application. As per the direction of this court, the Collector has passed an order rejecting the claim of the petitioner in the light of the letter issued by the Director, Primary Education, Human Resources Development Department, contained in Memo No. 291, dated 30.04.2007. The letter on which reliance 2 has been placed by the Director has already been considered by this Court and the order has been passed in C.W. J.C. No.4878 of 2007 and analogous cases. Considering the order passed in C.W. J.C. No.4878 of 2007, the Joint Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, has subsequently issued an order, contained in Memo No. 3335, dated 09.09.2008. This letter reveals that after due consideration the Government has taken a decision that vocational degree in intermediate will be treated as equivalent to intermediate degree and persons holding such degree will be eligible for appointment as Panchayat/Block Teachers. The District Magistrate, Bhagalpur, as well as all concerned respondents are directed to consider the case of the petitioner for appointment in reserved category as Scheduled Caste candidate, since he was placed at serial no. 1 in the panel in this category. The order for petitioner’s appointment must be passed within ten days from the date of receipt/communication of this order. 3. With these observations and directions, this application is allowed. Cp:2/S.A. ( Mridula Mishra, J. )