IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.9279 of 2006 Shakuntala Sharma, Wife of Sri Rajesh Sharma, Resident of Village Kharauni, P.S. Uchikagaon, Dist. Gopalganj. --------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar 2. The Secretary, Primary and Adult Education Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The State of Project Director, Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan, Government of Bihar, Patna. 4. The District Magistrate, Gopalganj. 5. The District Superintendent of Education cum District Programme Co-ordinator, Gopalganj. 6. The Area Education Officer, Bhore, Gopalganj. 7. The Block Development Officer, Hathwa Gopalganj. 8. The Block Educatin Extension Officer cum Block Programme Co- ordinator, Hathwa, Gopalganj. 9. The Mukhiya, Gram Panchayat Ekdanga, Hathwa Gopalganj. 10. Panchayat Secretary, Gram Panchayat Raj Ekdanga, Hathwa, Gopalganj. ----------- 4 13.12.2011 Having heard learned counsel for the parties and taking into account that the petitioner’s own appointment on the post of Panchayat Shiksha Mitra cannot be safeguarded after abolition of the scheme, this Court would only allow the prayer of the petitioner to agitate the grievance relating to alleged illegality in the selection and appointment of the respondent no.12 initially on the post of Panchayat Shiksha Mitra and later on absorbed on the post of Panchayat Teacher before appropriate District Teachers Appellate Authority. In the event, the petitioner would file his complaint in terms of Rule 18 of the 2 Bihar Panchayat Shikshak Appointment Rules, 2006 within a period of one month from today, the Authority shall decide the matter after hearing the petitioner and respondent no.12 as also the concerned authorities of the Gram Panchayat on merits without drawing any adverse effect on account of the delayed filing of the complaint by the petitioner. It is, however, made clear that this Court has expressed no opinion on the merit of the case which will of-course be decided by the Authority in accordance with law. With the aforementioned observations, this application is disposed of Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)