IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.4958 of 2010 ENDRAWATI KUMARI KISKU W/O SANJAY KUMAR R/O VILL.- DHANDAULI, P.S.- NAWADAH, DISTT.- NAWADAH Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR REPRESENTED THROUGH SECRETARY GOVT. OF BIHAR, OLD SECRETARIAT BUILDING, PATNA 2. JOINT SECRETARY HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF BIHAR, PATNA, OFFICE- NEW SECRETARIAT BUILDING, BAILEY ROAD, PATNA 3. THE DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION DISTT.- NAWADAH 4. THE BLOCK EDUCATION EXTENSION OFFICER BLOCK- NAWADAH, DISTT.- NAWADAH 5. THE MUKHIYA, GRAM PANCHAYAT BHAGWANPUR, DISTT.- NAWADAH 6. THE PRINCIPAL, PRIMARY SCHOOL DHANDAULI, DISTT.- NAWADAH ----------- 02. 22.12.2010 Impugned orders are contained in Annexure-5/A dated 10.10.2009 and Annexure-5/B dated 15.10.2009 passed by the District Superintendent of Education, Nawada. The matter relates to appointment of Shiksha Mitra or Panchayat Teacher as the case may be. By virtue of these orders not only the petitioner has been removed but even his emolument has been withheld. The question of law raised by the petitioner that the District Superintendent of Education has no jurisdiction or power to exercise in the matter of appointment or removal of Shiksha Mitra, has already been decided by this Court in several similarly situated cases. Prima facie the contention of the petitioner is correct. The impugned orders contained in Annexure-5/A and Annexure-5/B are hereby quashed. The writ application is allowed. rkp ( Ajay Kumar Tripathi, J.) 2