IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No 914 of 1997 -------------------------------------------------------------- BHAVUBHA VAGHELA Versus STATE OF GUJARAT -------------------------------------------------------------- Appearance: TANNA ASSOCIATES for Petitioner GOVERNMENT PLEADER for Respondent No. 1 MR AD OZA for Respondent No. 2 SERVED BY DS for Respondent No. 3 -------------------------------------------------------------- CORAM : THE ACTING CJ R.A.MEHTA and MR.JUSTICE S.D.PANDIT ` date of decision: 23/09/97 ORDER By this Special Civil Application a member of Ahmedabad District Panchayat has prayed that the number of teachers in all the 7 talukas be rationalised. In response to the notice the Panchayat has produced a tabular statement on page 31 and this shows that there are no excess teachers in any of the talukas and it is admitted that in all the talukas there is deficit of teachers and it is also stated that this deficit can be filled in by inter district transfer or by making new recruitment. From the statement it is seen that as far as Ahmedabad city and Daskroi talukas are concerned the deficit is very nominal. The reason is that these are urban areas and therefore, there is always a demand for being posted and transferred to these urban areas. However, as far as other talukas are concerned, the deficit is very high ranging from 12 percent to 25 percent, as for example, in Dhandhuka Taluka as against the requirement of 1047 teachers in 160 schools, the deficit is 277 which is nearly 25 percent. Thus in the the backward areas, the students are bound to suffer because students of these areas do not have sufficient number of teachers. 2. For backward areas more care is required to be taken and therefore, it is necessary that till the five backward areas are provided teachers in sufficient number and brought to the levels of Ahmedabad city and Daskroi taluka, no further recruitment and transfer to Daskroi Taluka and Ahmedabad City should be made so that deficiency of teachers in backward areas can be minimised. Therefore, the Panchayat shall take immediate and proper steps for filling up these vacancies of deficit teachers as expeditiously as possible and preferably before the beginning of next academic year. All the respondents shall see that these directions are complied with. 3. In view of the aforesaid directions, this petition is disposed of. (R.A.Mehta, Acg. C.J.) (S.D.Pandit.J)