PRANAB KUMAR CHATTOPADHYAY, J. - (1.) The petitioner herein has prayed for a direction upon the respondent Regional School Service Commission (Eastern Region) authorities to recommend his name for appointment to the post of Assistant Teacher in Physical Education to any school under General category.
(2.) From the available records it appears that the petitioner appeared in the Regional Level Selection Test, 2002 for recruitment to the post of Assistant Teacher in Physical Education (Pass) under the General category. The said petitioner successfully passed the written test and was called for Personality Test. Thereafter, the said petitioner was empanelled against Serial No. 51 of the panel prepared by the respondents-Regional School Service Commission authorities.
(3.) The life of the panel was to remain valid for one year from the date of approval of the panel and the same could also be extended upto three years by the School Service Commission authorities. In the present case, before exhausting the life of the said panel, an advertisement for Regional Level Selection Test, 2004 was published for filling up the vacancies in the post of Assistant Teacher in Physical Education (Pass) under General category. The aforesaid vacancies undisputedly arose during the validity period of the panel prepared earlier by the respondent authorities wherein the petitioner was empanelled agaisnt Serial No. 51.;