SBCWP NO.4310/97. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR. O R D E R S.B. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO.4310/1997. Rajendra Prasad Sharma Versus State of Rajasthan & Ors. Date of Order:- March 11, 2010. HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MOHAMMAD RAFIQ Shri Kailash Chandra Sharma for the petitioner. Shri Ganesh Meena, Government Counsel. ***** BY THE COURT:- This writ petition was filed way back in the year 1997 aggrieved by the order of the Tribunal dated 8/1/1997, by which, his appeal was rejected along with appeals filed five other similarly situated persons. Contention of the petitioner before the Tribunal was that since petitioner was appointed as Craft Teacher therefore, Craft Teacher appointed between 1/3/1961 to 15/9/1971 cannot be assigned seniority amongst Teacher Gr.III (General category) merely because they in the meantime acquired the qualification of B.Ed. SBCWP NO.4310/97. 2 Learned counsel for respondents opposed the writ petition and submitted that Tribunal was justified in rejecting appeal of the petitioner because petitioner and other similarly situated persons were appointed after the promulgation of Subordinate Service Rules of 1971 in which, separate cadre has been created for the Craft Teachers. The decision had to be taken by the Government with regard to assignment of seniority to those Teachers who were appointed prior to promulgation of the aforesaid rules when there was no separate cadre of Craft Teachers and for that too details of such Craft Teachers who had obtained B.Ed. Degree were requisitioned so as to place their names in the list of general teachers. Having considered the submissions, I find that petitioner cannot claim parity with those Craft Teachers who were appointed prior to promulgation of the Rajasthan Education Service Rules, 1971 (for short, “Rules of 1971”), if those Craft Teachers appointed between 1/3/1961 to 15/9/1971 acquired qualification of B.Ed. On that basis were entitled to be treated as general teachers. Such a decision on the part of the Tribunal SBCWP NO.4310/97. 3 cannot be faulted. Petitioner cannot question the correctness of such question. They fell in altogether different category. They were appointed as Craft Teachers having fully known that in the Rules of 1971, it is decided to create a separate cadre in Section C of the Schedule whereas, the post of Teacher Gr.III (General) is recorded under Section F of the Schedule. I, therefore, do not find any merit in this petition, which is accordingly dismissed. (MOHAMMAD RAFIQ), J. anil