IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.14457 of 2008 Archana Kumari, W/o Dilip Singh, R/o Village Maudah Chatur, P.S. Patepur, District Vaishali at Hazipur……………………………………………………………….…………Petitioner Versus 1. The State Of Bihar through the Principal Secretary, Human Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Patna. 2. The Director, Primary Secondary Education, Bihar, Patna. 3. The Regional Deputy Director, Primary & Secondary Education, at Muzaffarpur. 4. The District Superintendent of Education, District Vaishali, Hazipur………………………..Respondents ----------- 3 29.11.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State. Petitioner has filed this writ application for a direction to the respondents not to disturb her from discharging the duties of Incharge Headmistress of Upgraded Middle School, Maudah Chatur, Block Patepur in the district of Vaishali. A counter affidavit has been filed by the respondents wherein it has been stated that one Abhay Chandra, who is the senior-most teacher in the school, has been appointed as Incharge Headmaster. Learned counsel for the petitioner disputes the statements made in the 2 counter affidavit that the said Abhay Chandra is the senior-most teacher in the school concerned. No teacher has a statutory right to become Incharge Headmaster only by dint of seniority in the school. The posting of a teacher as Incharge Headmaster in a school is purely an ad hoc arrangement in the interest of administration of the school and, therefore, this Court need not go into the dispute as to who is the senior- most teacher in the school. However, in the interest of administration of the school, it is always advisable to the respondents to post/appoint a regular Headmaster in the school so that there may not be any bickering and heart-burning amongst the teachers of the school. The writ application is, accordingly, disposed of. BT (J. N. Singh, J.)