JUDGMENT

1. This matter has been taken up for hearing on-line because of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.

2. An issue, which otherwise appeared to be plain, simple and uncomplicated has unfolded the way in which the private institutions in the State of Bihar are running and imparting education from Class 9 to 12 without any affiliation from any competent Examination Body.

3. The petitioners claimed before this Court that they had passed annual secondary examination held by the Bihar School Examination Board (hereinafter referred to as 'the Board') in the year 2009 as a regular student of J.P.T. High School, Dahibhatta, Gopalganj.

4. After having passed the matriculation examination, petitioner No. 1 pursued his intermediate course and on successful completion of the said course, he took up B.A. course from a college under Jai Prakash University, Chapra in the year 2014. While pursuing his B.A. course, the petitioner No. 1 required his original matriculation certificate for which he moved the Board through proper channel, whereupon he was informed that the original certificate had not been prepared because of some technical glitch. Subsequently, he came to be selected for appointment as