IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.8701 of 2007 UMA SHANKAR & ANR Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS ----------- For the petitioner:- Mr. Ambar Nath Banerjee For the State:- Mr. Dhirendra Kumar (Munna), J.C. to S.C. 8 For the respondent no. :- Mr. Sanjay Kr. Verma and Sanjay Singh 7 12.5.2008 The petitioner has challenged the notification calling for applications for appointment of Laboratory Technician by the Bihar State Health Society. In the said advertisement the qualification for eligibility is stated to be 10+2 Intermediate Science and Diploma in M.L.T. from Government recognized institute. Petitioner states that he had done I.Sc. vocational course from the Bihar Intermediate Council and thereafter had done one year practical training and as such he is equivalent to Intermediate Science and thus equivalent to Diploma in M.L.T. His submission is that if this equivalence is accepted then such persons who hold equivalent educational qualification cannot be kept out of employment opportunities by the State. For this purpose Sri Ambar Nath Banerjee has drawn attention of this Court firstly to annexure-6 to the writ application and secondly communication of Government of Bihar dated 2.8.1998 in the Department of Secondary Education wherein it is stated that a person having done Intermediate Science with Chemistry and Biology with M.L.T. vocational would be treated as equivalent to I.Sc. He then refers to annexure-9 Resolution of the Government of Bihar dated 9.12.2004 wherein it is held that a person who has done I.Sc. with M.L.T. and has done one year training he would then be treated as equivalent to M.L.T. 2 Diploma Holder. He thus wants to establish equivalence to I.Sc. vocational to Diploma in M.L.T. In my view the contention cannot be accepted for the simple reason that in annexure-6 reference is clearly to I.Sc. with Chemistry and Biology. Petitioner under I.Sc. M.L.T. vocational has not studied both the subjects. Chemistry was only a subsidiary subject and Biology was not there at all. This being there the equivalence of I.Sc. vocational to I.Sc. with Chemistry and Biology cannot be sustained even though petitioner has undergone one year training as provided under the Apperentership Act as the Rule framed thereunder. Thus equivalence not having been established. The challenge must fail. The writ petition is accordingly dismissed. Sanjay (Navaniti Pd. Singh, J.)