IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10156 of 2007 Bandana Kumari, D/o Bijay Kumar Sah, resident of Village Sinhpur, P.S. Haweli Kharagpur, Dist. Munger. ------- Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Bihar. 2. The Commissioner cum Secretary, Human Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3. The Director, Primary Education, Govt. of Bihar, Patna. 4. The District Panchayat Raj Officer, Jamui. 5. The District Superintendent of Education, Jamui. 6. The Block Education Extension Officer, Laxmipur, Dist. Jamui. 7. The Block Development Officer, Laxmipur, Dist. Jamuai. --------- Respondents ------------------ 4 20.12.2011 Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner in this writ application has assailed an order dated 17.4.2007 passed by the Block Education Extension Officer, Laxmipur in the district of Jamuai, whereby and whereunder, the petitioner has been restrained from discharging her duty on the ground that she did not possess the requisite qualification of Intermediate for the post of Prakhand Teacher. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner has passed Intermediate Examination from Bihar Intermediate Education Council in Vocational Course, which was held to be 2 equivalent to Intermediate Examination. In this regard, he has placed his reliance on the two unreported judgments of this Court dated 18.4.2007 in CWJC No. 1631 of 2007 and order dated 19.2.2008 in CWJC No. 4878 of 2007. Counsel for the petitioner has also submitted that the Government has, thereafter, given reconsideration to the whole issue and has issued consequential order amending the 2006 Rules by issuing order dated 9.9.2008. As a matter of fact, this aspect of the matter has also been considered by this Court in the order dated 26.9.2011 in CWJC No. 8079 of 2007, wherein, it has been held that the qualification of Intermediate in Vocational Course from Bihar Intermediate Education Council would also qualify for appointment on the post of Panchayat Shikshak/Prakhand Shikshak where the requirement of educational qualification is Intermediate. That being so, this Court would allow this writ application by quashing the impugned order dated 17.4.2007, operation of which in fact had been stayed by this 3 Court by an order dated 12.2.2008, and direct the authorities to give all consequential benefits. Rsh (Mihir Kumar Jha, J.)