IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.2023 of 2010 SITA DEVI @ SITA KUMARI W/O ASHOK GOND R/O VILL.- NACHAP, P.S.- MURAR, DISTT.- BUXAR. VERSUS 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. DISTRICT OFFICER, BUXAR. 3. DISTRICT PANCHAYAT RAJ OFFICER, BUXAR. 4. DISTRICT EDUCATION OFFICER, BUXAR. 5. DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION OFFICER, BUXAR. 6. DEPUTY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER, BUXAR. 7. SUB DIVISIONAL OFFICER, DUMRAON, BUXAR. 8. BLOCK DEVELOPMENT OFFICER, CHUNGAI, P.S., MURAR, DISTT.- BUXAR. 9. BLOCK EDUCATION EXTENTION OFFICER, CHOUNGAI, P.S. MURAR, DISTT.- BUXAR. ----------- 02 05.07.2010 The present writ application has been filed for quashing the memo no.323 dated 07.03.2007, passed by the District Magistrate, Buxar, by which he has cancelled the appointment of the petitioner along with several other persons, who had been selected and appointed as Panchayat Teacher and who had joined their respective schools. Some of the others who were also covered by the said very order of the District Magistrate and are named therein had approached this Court. This Court, while noticing the earlier order of this Court in C.W.J.C. No.4427 of 2009 dated 09.04.2009, in C.W.J.C. No.3535 of 2009 by judgment and order dated 08.04.2010 has already quashed the said order of the District Magistrate, as contained in memo no.323 dated 07.03.2007. The impugned order has been issued by the District Magistrate without notice to the parties and further at the time when District Magistrate issued the order under the relevant rules - 2 - it was the Block Development Officer, who was the competent authority to decide such issues and District Magistrate has no authority in this matter. After amending to the Rules in the year 2008, it became the District Panchayat Teachers Appellate Tribunal that was the authority in terms of Rules 18 of the Rules. Thus, on both the counts, the order was found to be unsustainable. Following the same, I have no option but to quash the impugned Annexure-1 and it would be deemed that the petitioner’s services were never terminated and would be deemed to be continuing. The writ petition is, accordingly, allowed. Trivedi (Navaniti Prasad Singh, J.)