JUDGMENT

Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J. - The petitioners, 38 in number, have claimed that they were appointed as Panchayat Teachers in the District of Bhagalpur in different schools under different Panchayats. The Bihar Panchayat Elementary Teachers (Employment and Service Conditions) Rules, 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Rules') governed their appointments and service conditions. Rule 4 of the said Rules required that the competent authority shall make arrangements for training for a period of two years for such teachers who were untrained at the time of their engagement. The petitioners were sent for training, however, after considerable delay. They participated in the training and passed the required examination. Though they were appointed on different dates ranging from 14.08.2010 to 10.05.2012, as is evident from the statement made in paragraph 5 of the writ application, they have been granted benefit of trained scale from the date of publication of result. It is the petitioners' case that they are entitled to trained scale from the date of completion of their training and much belated publication of result should not be the basis for determination of date with effect fro