JUDGMENT

S.B. Sinha, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. Appellant was at all material times a Junior Accounts Officer. He had passed Junior Accounts Officer Part-I examination held in 1998. For further promotion, he was required to appear in Junior Accounts Officer Part-II examination. It was held in December, 2000. The syllabus for the said examination consisted of nine papers.

Paper IX thereof was a theory paper with the following syllabus:

" 1. P. & T FHB Volume I (General Principles and cash)

2. P. & T FHB Volume III (Parts I, II and III)

3. P. & T FHB Volume IV

4. P. & T Manual Vol-X

5. P. & T Manual Vol-XIV

6. Telecom Accounts Manual (Chapters 1 to 7 and 11)

7. Books of Accounts Officer Forms, Vol. I

8. Book of P & T Accounts Forms"

3. Allegedly, questions in respect of 65 out of 100 marks were framed out of the prescribed syllabus. It is stated that question No. 1(b), 2(a), 2(b), 3 and 5 of paper IX were covered in F.B.H. Vol-1 under different chapters which were not prescribed in the syllabus.

Our attention in this behalf has been drawn to the following chart :

"Question No. Chapter No./Name Rules Marks