JUDGEMENT
Bhaskar Bhattacharya, J. -
(1.) By this writ application, the writ petitioner,
claiming to be an organiser teacher, has prayed for setting aside the order
dated January 29, 2002 passed by the Director of School Education and has
further prayed for direction upon the respondents to grant order of approval
to the appointment of the petitioner, as such organiser teacher.
(2.) The case made out by the petitioner may be summarized thus:
"a) Thiba Anchal Junior High School (hereinafter referred to as 'the school')
was initially recognized as a IV Class Junior High School by the West
Bengal Board of Secondary Education w.e.f. 1.5.1991.
b) The Managing Committee and other interested persons of the locality
decided to open Class IX and X in the school as there was no other high
school in the said locality.
c) The petitioner was appointed as Assistant Teacher in Physical Education
to teach the students by a resolution dated 9th July, 1993 and that the
petitioner had sufficient qualification for being appointed as Assistant
Teacher.
d) The petitioner had been discharging his duties by teaching the students
since his appointment and ultimately the school was upgraded to Class
X High School by the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education w.e.f.
May, 1998.
e) When the school became upgraded to Class X High School by order dated
July 27,1998, the appointment of the petitioner and other teaching and
non-teaching staff were not approved by the concerned authority
although they were working in the school since 1993.
f) In the past, the petitioner along with other teaching and non-teaching
staff filed a writ application being W.P. No. 22882(w) of 1998 before
this Court and Amitava Lala, J. while entertaining such writ application
directed the respondent to hold an enquiry and to submit a report before
this Court. On the basis of such order, an inspection was held on January
29, 1999 when the petitioner along with other organizing teaching and
non-teaching staff were present.
g) On January 29, 1999 although inspection was held but no notice was
served upon the petitioner either from the District Inspector of Schools
or from School Authority but nevertheless all the organizing teachers
including the petitioner were present at the time of inspection. The
inspection team did not ask anything from the petitioner. At that time
teacher-in-charge of the school was not present and in his absence an
Assistant Teacher viz. Bijoy Kumar Mondal was in-charge of the school.
The said Assistant Teacher was compelled to write down the names of
only approved teachers as desired by District Inspector of Schools by
excluding the names of the organiser teachers.
h) Ultimately, the said writ application came up for final hearing on March
15,2001 before D.P. Kundu, J. and His Lordship after hearing the parties
was pleased to dispose of the said writ application directing the Director
of School Education to treat the copy of the writ application as the
representation of the petitioners therein and to consider and dispose of
the same by a reasoned order.
i) Pursuant to such order, the Director of School Education by the order
impugned herein has turned down the prayer of the organiser teachers
including that of the petitioner for being absorbed."
(3.) Being dissatisfied, the petitioner has come up with the instant writ application.;
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