IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.7223 of 2008 1. SHANKAR MANDAL, S/O LATE JHARU MANDAL, R/O VILLAGE-KUSKHA, P.O.-TARAR, P.S.- KAHALGAON, DISTRICT-BHAGALPUR. 2. PRAVEEN KUMAR SARASWATI, S/O SRI RAJENDRA PRASAD SINGH, R/O VILLAGE-PAKKI SARAI, P.S.-KAHALGAON, DISTRICT-BHAGALPUR. 3. WAKIL PRASAD MANDAL, S/O LATE SANKAR MANDAL, R/O VILLAGE-PAKKI SARAI, P.S.- KAHALGAON, DISTRICT-BHAGALPUR. ……………PETITIONERS. Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR. 2. SECRETARY, EDUCATION, BIHAR, PATNA. 3. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MASS COMMUNICATION, BHAGALPUR. 4. DISTRICT MASS COMMUNICATION OFFICER, DISTRICT-BHAGALPUR. 5. PROJECT OFFICER, MASS COMMUNICATION, BHAGALPUR. ……………RESPONDENTS. ----------- 3 04.08.2011 Petitioners have filed this writ application for a direction to the respondents to appoint them as Assistant Teachers. It is submitted that the petitioners are trained and, in fact, they had been appointed as Teacher under Mass Communication Programme in 1994 and worked as such till 2002. It is submitted that the petitioners have requisite qualification and are experienced also. Therefore, they should be given preference over untrained teachers and fresh candidates. Petitioners’ expectations are genuine. Therefore, the writ application is 2 disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the candidature of the petitioners for appointment as teachers in the light of their experience and qualification. Arvind/ ( J.N. Singh, J.)