N. Pandey. J.- In this petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution, the petitioners have prayed for quashing the ORDER :of the Special Director, Secondary Education, Department of Education, Bihar, dated 22.11.1988, contained in Annexure 1 as also the ORDER :of the Chairman, Bihar Sanskrit Shiksha Board (hereinafter called 'the Board') dated 8.2.1988 contained in Annexure 5 and that of the Board, dated 11.2.1988, contained in Annexure 8, whereby the claim of respondent nos. 6 and 2, except respondent no. 9 to be the genuine teachers of the Sahu Sanskrit PrathmikSah-Madhya Vidyalaya, Karaihya, Saharsa, has been allowed.

2. The case of the petitioners is that they were duly appointed as assistant teachers by the Managing Committee of the School on different dates in the year 1984 and duly recognised by the competent authority. The State of Bihar vide its resolution dated 23.3.1995 resolved to grant recognition to the various schools by the Board. Ultimately after proper verification and scrutiny of different materials, the school in question was recognised in the category of Prathma sah-Madhyama. Thereafter, the Managing Committee resolved to send the names of as