IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.1359 of 2009 Ranjana Kumari @ Ranjna Kumari daughter of Sri Shiv Chandra Prasad Singh wife of Rakesh Kumar c/o. Shailendra Kumar General Store, Chaturbhuj Thakur Marg, Gannipur, Post Office Ramna, P.S. Kazi Mohammadpur, District Muzaffarpur. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. The Secretary, himan Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The District Education Officer, Muzaffarpur at Muzaffarpur. ----------- For the Petitioner :- M/S. Uma Shankar Singh No. 2, Upendra Kumar, Brajesh Kumar Pandey, Dilip Kumar Roy. For the State : Mr. Braj Kishore Prasad Sinha. ------- 3 29/07/2009 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner. The simple prayer of the petitioner in this writ petition is to direct the respondents to include Environment as a compulsory subject in School and College syllabi. Another prayer is that the petitioner’s candidature for the post of teacher in the Secondary and ten plus two level schools be held valid because she has passed M.Sc. examination in Ecology and Environment from Sikkim Manipal University. The validity of the petitioner’s candidature will depend upon the terms of the advertisement and for that this Court cannot interfere. That issue is, therefore, not fit to be entertained any further. So far as inclusion of Environment as a compulsory subject in schools and colleges is concerned, the technical experts entrusted with the revision of syllabus for school and college education must apply their mind in view of existing realities and needs of the society. This Court would not like to make any further comment except to grant opportunity to the petitioner that for the purpose of her claim - 2 - that Environment be included as a compulsory subject in the school and college education, she may approach respondent no. 2, the Secretary, Human Resources Development Department, Government of Bihar, Patna who shall consider the prayer on its own merit and if thought proper he may refer the same to the body of experts for making proper suggestions to the concerned authorities including respondent no. 2. With the above observation, this writ petition is disposed of. (Shiva Kirti Singh, ACJ.) (Anjana Prakash, J.) AMIN