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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
SANJEEV PRAKASH SHARMA, J.
CWJC No. 16214 of 2019 and many Ors. Cases Nos.
(19.10.2022)
CATEGORY-A
Md. Ataur Rahman & Ors. (in 16214)
CATEGORY-B
Ram Lakhindra Ram
@ Lakhindra Ram (in 2211)
CATEGORY-C
Shiv Kumar Singh & Ors. (in 24799)
CATEGORY-D
Manju Devi & Ors. (in 3174)
CATEGORY-E
Jwala Kumar & Ors (in 17190)
CATEGORY-F
Girajesh Nath Tiwary (in 1993)
CATEGORY-G
Yashwant Kumar & Ors. (in 8351)
CATEGORY-H
Wasim Akhtar & Ors (in 10056)
vs.
CATEGORY-A
Union of India & Ors. (in 16214)
CATEGORY-B
State of Bihar & Ors. (in 2211)
CATEGORY-C
Union of India & Ors. (in 24799)
CATEGORY-D
Union of India & Ors. (in 3174)
CATEGORY-E
State Of Bihar & Ors. (in 17190)
CATEGORY-F
State of Bihar & Ors. (in 1993)
CATEGORY-G
Union of India & Ors. (in 8351)
CATEGORY-H
State of Bihar & Ors. (in 10056)
M/s Abdul Wadood (in 7078, 9846, 18058); Abhishek (in 6298); Ajay Kumar Jain (in 16937, 16790, 7025, 3499, 7723, 3543); Ajay Kumar Pandey (in 2500); Ajay Kumar Singh (1486, 7026); Ajit Kumar Singh (in 1733); Alok Kumar Singh (in 4387, 5770, 12266, 12886, 13358, 16210, 12071, 6596, 5401, 6048, 7222, 10349, 11947, 12331, 6946, 9643); Amit Kumar Jha (in 12024); Anil Kumar No.1 (in 8956); Arghesh Kumar (in 6828, 21420); Arun Kumar (in 31, 6619, 12932, 21194, 2701, 3974, 4796, 6027, 14411); Arvind Kumar Sinha (in 15076); Arvind Prasad Singh (in 10864, 5756, 5860, 6209); Ashok Kumar Singh (in 8520); Asif Kalim (in 4554, 13216); Bauye Jee Jha (B.J. Jha) (in 5725); Bhola Prasad (in 3780, 7064, 11739, 10001). Bijay Shankar Choubey (in 9476, 9479); Bijendra Kumar Singh (in 2746); Binod Kumar (in 4764, 20218, 10645, 4344, 5123, 10408, 5424, 2361, 8655, 8802, 20475, 9654, 10316, 20308, 7238, 9913); Bipin Bihari Singh (in 4891, 12221, 2877, 4427, 7186, 1227, 2285, 2317, 2556, 2816, 3689, 4746, 14096, 1550, 3488, 9532, 9772, 10462, 10656); Dr. Bipin Chandra (in 13833); Birendra Kumar (in 2432); Bishnu Kant Dubey (in 357); Chandra Shekhar Singh (2211, 6866, 18415); Deepak Kumar Sinha (in 3644, 3646); Dhananjay Kumar (in 7830); Dharmendra Kumar Singh (in 13440); Diwakar Prasad Singh (in 2065, 5615); Dr. Shashi Shekhar Kishore (in 5889, 5869, 6227); Dudh Nath Singh (in 8365, 3816, 6622, 8512); Firoz Ahmad (in 9637); Gyan Prakash (in 3174, 4121, 8682, 1766, 17970, 4552); Hriday Narayan Harshit (in 13610); Jay Prakash Singh (in 5405); Jitendra Kumar Giri (in 7658); Karandeep Kumar (in 13969); Kishore Kumar Thakur (in 12712); Krishna Kant Singh (in 13657, 12209); Kumar Ravish (in 2525, 18369, 9116 , 9373); Leelawati Kumari (in 15345); Lilawati Singh (in 6269); Rajesh Kumar Sharma (in 3000, 8636, 6314, 9479); Madhurendra Kumar (in 9007, 18129); Madhuri Lata (in 1912); Manish Kumar No 13 (in 4806, 4682, 4730, 4731, 4737); Manoj Kumar (in 4327, 4040, 20364, 3607); Manoj Kumar Manoj (in 8346, 4115, 5864, 20776, 4318, 2795, 2887, 3056, 3208, 3504, 3618, 3665, 3987, 4105, 4221, 4706, 5170, 5313, 5779, 5942, 5969, 6072,6579, 11903, 15118, 16575, 7177, 8141, 8202, 3053, 3102, 3274, 3955, 4696, 4784, 4945, 5337, 5597, 6003, 20883, 2122, 7760, 4327, 4761);Manoj Kumar Sinha (in 6130); Md. Anis Akhtar (in 12155); Md. Anisur Rahman (in 3670, 12114, 6560); Md. Anjum Akhter (in 3326, 3417, 11732, 12114); Md. Ataul Haque (in 19631); Md. Helal Ahmad (in 5976, 13778, 13084, 12877, 20653); Md. Najmul Hodda (in 2568, 3032); Md. Ziaul Quamar (in 6611, 4063, 4566, 6729, 2529, 5705, 12246, 1454, 2377, 9390, 9762); Milind Kumar Mishra (in 6712); Mitali (in 2468): Mithilesh Kumar (in 6597); Mr. Abu Nasar (in 1576); Mrityunjay Kumar (in 8984, 2607, 5494, 6223, 9167, 16854, 17375, 5452, 10605, 2349, 2611, 3021, 3157, 3660, 3997, 4297, 5595, 6137, 10182, 12936, 13904, 15547, 16721, 17415, 19422, 1451, 2354, 3849, 4803, 7152, 7332, 8812, 10055, 10554, 2249, 4586, 5309, 6512, 7350, 17493, 18574, 3604, 2057, 2469, 2744, 3936, 5938, 7720, 13055, 4618, 6311, 2171, 2474, 2643, 2908, 2981, 3029, 3285, 3527, 3601, 3806, 3973, 4089, 4209, 4471, 4594, 4633, 4894, 4938, 5307, 5486, 6029, 6816, 8613, 8789, 12091, 12104, 13182, 13234, 14006, 15416, 17237, 20946, 113, 1931, 5185, 7154, 8941, 9069, 9171, 10704, 11709, 13589, 2991, 3506, 3705, 4996, 5609, 5650, 8829, 12320, 14959, 15502, 16448, 16817, 18371, 19638, 19674, 4971, 6175, 6827, 7937, 8116, 9054, 9170, 10488, 12616, 2874, 5866, 7996, 10145, 12035, 12093, 13368, 14585, 14884, 16525, 16789, 17321, 173, 7265, 8198, 8281, 9178, 10281, 10604, 10642, 10668, 11921, 12510); Mukesh Kumar (in 5351, 7568); Alok Kumar Singh (in 4387, 5770, 12266, 12886, 13358, 16210, 12071, 6596, 5401, 6048, 11947, 6946, 9643); Mukesh Kumar No1 (in 3590, 4380, 2315, 5228, 9678, 2880, 5805, 7543, 995, 3108, 4299, 4710, 5929, 14491, 21067, 531, 2858, 3308, 4971, 6920, 2438); Naresh Prasad (in 1734); Navjot Yeshu (in 5898, 3881); Nazir Alam (in 7467); Nishant Kumar Sinha (in 13981); Pramod Kumar (in 19825, 4048, 15637, 5111, 4369, 700, 8424, 11007); Pramod Mishra (in 1880, 2691, 3181, 4827); Pranav Kumar (in 3528); Prince Kumar Mishra (in 5987, 6168, 6245, 6489, 13668, 14859, 6254, 6392, 6198, 2640, 6257, 6530, 14830, 10060); Raghunandan Kumar Singh (in 23769); Rajeev Kumar Singh (in 11434); Rajesh Kumar Sharma (in 3000, 8636, 6314, 9479); Rajesh Kumar (in 2902); Ram Prawesh Kumar (in 13941); Rakesh Kumar Soni (in 19261); Ram Sagar Singh (in 5073); Rama Kant Singh (in 2301, 4805, 7802, 14166, 2942, 3013, 4740, 4939, 6832, 14556, 16918, 19462); Apurva Kumar (in 3024); Ranjan Kumar Dubey (in 12217, 7636); Ranjit Kumar Yadav (in 3371, 4224, 5746, 4742); Ranjeet Ranjan (in 1053, 1040); Rashid Izhar (in 5259); Ratanakar Jha (in 8660, 2325, 5282); Rikesh Sinha (in 4915); Ritika Rani (in 6623); Sanjay Kumar (in 8601); Sanjay Kumar Jha (in 21201); Sanjeev Kumar Shrivastava (in 1940); Sanjeev Kumar Singh (in 2227, 14483, 3320); Satish Chandra Jha (in 4109); Satya Prakash (in 4293); Satyam Shivam Sundaram (in CWJC No. 5035, 6073, 7843, 17190, 5706, 10056, 14600, 19968, 5906, 6742, 7606, 10643); Shailesh Kumar (in 3044, 7410); Shakil Ahmed Khan (in 6863); Sharda Nand Mishra (in 18241, 6473, 11790, 13763, 4164, 3443, 3829); Shashi Bhushan Kumar (in 2605, 3469, 5602, 6571, 2528, 2530, 2824, 3035, 3301, 3500, 3765, 5533, 5771, 5789, 5892, 6170, 6365, 6522, 7481, 12182, 14290, 18308, 1172, 1432, 1851, 5388, 7304, 7333, 10242, 10731, 10865, 3048, 5326, 10340, 3954, 4329, 4858, 4863, 5261, 12175, 14193, 14899, 1423, 4958, 7078, 7178, 7536, 11731, 11957, 11969, 8081, 8668, 9899, 9900, 9928, 10508, 11759); Shashi Shekhar Tiwary (in 8108, 3389, 15360); Subhash Kumar (in 2584, 4719); Subodh Kumar (in 10957); Sumeet Kumar Singh (in 13795, 15537); Sunil Kumar (in 13149); Surendra Prasad Gupta (in 20205); Suresh Prasad Bhakta (in 18719, 5064, 18787); Suryakant Kumar (in 11328); Umesh Kumar (in 4626); Umesh Kumar Mishra (in 4457, 5695, 9226, 1993, 2781, 3170, 3930, 3960, 12205, 1926, 2533, 2550, 2959, 3051, 3248, 3312, 3482, 3484, 3763, 3899, 3969, 4041, 4128, 4255, 4311, 4469, 4712, 4735, 4823, 4933, 4940, 4982, 5206, 5334, 5872, 6093, 6207, 6511, 10533, 10607, 11829, 11900, 11979, 12571, 13477, 13636, 13700, 14165, 14176, 14347, 14639, 2731, 5104 , 6271 , 9033, 10078, 10081, 10195, 12231, 12296); Vagisha Pragya Vacaknavi (in 16214, 3162, 24799, 5410, 7258); Vinay Krishna Tripthy (in 9382); Vipin Kumar (in 8999, 12928);
Lalit Kishore (A.G.) (in 8984, 31, 1880, 2525, 2605, 3469, 4115, 6748, 7174, 16937, 2211, 3162, 3660, 4298, 4387, 4457, 4764, 5770, 5898, 6619, 16790, 2249, 2691, 2701, 3086, 3181, 3389, 3974, 4063, 4290, 4344, 4380, 4566, 4586, 4605, 4744, 5103, 5119, 5123, 5292, 5319, 5492, 5864, 5889, 6472, 6573, 7350, 11790, 4164, 4891, 6930, 2057, 2315, 2469, 2528, 2530, 2744, 2824, 3035, 3301, 3500, 3765, 4318, 4554, 51111, 5228, 5533, 5771, 5789, 5892, 5976, 6170, 6299, 6365, 6393, 6522, 7481, 7982, 9678, 12071, 12182, 13657, 1993, 2171, 2227, 2474, 2643, 2781, 2795, 2887, 2908, 2981, 3029, 3048, 3056, 3170, 3208, 3504, 3527, 3601, 3618, 3665, 3806, 3973, 3987, 4089, 4105, 4209, 4221, 4471, 4706, 5170, 5307, 5313, 5326, 5779, 5869, 5942, 5969, 6072, 6579, 7543, 10340, 11903, 12221, 1037, 1976, 2506, 2877, 2896, 3053, 3102, 3274, 3592, 3877, 3930, 3954, 3955, 3960, 4329, 4427, 4451, 4696, 4784, 4827, 4858, 4863, 4945, 5261, 5337, 5597, 6003, 6282, 6655, 7186, 8110, 8655, 12175, 13255, 700, 1733, 1926, 2317, 2325, 2529, 2533, 2550, 2556, 2584, 2816, 2874, 2902, 2942, 2959, 3013, 3024, 3051, 3308, 3312, 3326, 3371, 3417, 3443, 3482, 3484, 3528, 3543, 3644, 3646, 3689, 3763, 3816, 3829, 3899, 3969, 4041, 4128, 4255, 4293, 4311, 4469, 4712, 4735, 4740, 4746, 4761, 4823, 4933, 4939, 4940, 4982, 5206, 5282, 5334, 5351, 5401, 5615, 5705, 5746, 5872, 6048, 6093, 6207, 6227, 6314, 6511, 6832, 6920, 7222, 9007, 10957, 11328, 11434, 11829, 11900, 11947, 11979, 12024, 12155, 12155, 12246); M/s Additional Solicitor General (in 10409, 3849, 4803, 4806, 6955, 7152, 7332, 7843, 8812, 10055, 10554, 7258, 5185, 7154, 10704, 4858, 4971, 6139, 6175, 6257, 6530, 6628, 6827, 7723, 9737, 8116, 9054, 9170, 10063, 10488, 12616, 4682, 4730, 4731, 4737, 6622, 7238, 7410, 7636, 8198, 8281, 8512, 8956, 9178, 9476, 9479); (Smt.)Binita Singh (SC 28) (in 6571, 12266, 12886, 4048, 6254, 8108, 13358, 13795, 15346, 16575, 7802, 13084, 1423, 1648, 2122, 4958, 6596, 7536, 19968, 2065, 3881, 14639, 14639, 16789, 20653, 357, 1454, 4109, 6130, 6712, 7026, 7658, 9373, 9899, 12296 ); Dr. K.N. Singh (Asg) (in 2607, 5494, 6223, 9167, 2349, 2611, 3021, 3157, 3590, 3997, 4203, 4297, 5035, 5595, 5987, 6073, 6137, 6168, 6489, 8924, 10182, 11739, 12217, 13904, 15251, 15547, 1040, 2354, 2468, 3000, 4450, 4796, 5309, 5410, 6027, 6512, 7025, 16210, 1053, 3174, 4121, 8682, 3936, 5938, 7720, 13055, 2880, 3183, 3285, 4594, 4633, 4894, 4938, 5208, 5486, 5805, 6029, 6816, 8613, 8789, 12091, 12104, 13182, 2361, 8351, 2280, 2301, 2991, 3108, 3499, 3506, 3705, 3770, 4116, 4188, 4299, 4710, 4805, 4996, 5133, 5335, 5609, 5650, 5706, 5929, 8802, 8829, 8913, 8976, 8999, 9542, 10342, 12320, 12765, 13979, 14166, 14491, 15502, 2640, 8365, 2858, 3044, 4040, 4224, 4552, 4742, 4915, 4971, 5405, 5756, 5860, 5866, 5906, 6209, 6269, 6742, 6866, 7996, 9479, 12035, 12093, 12209, 13368); Dr. Krishna Nandan Singh (Asg) (in 6245, 7064, 13668, 16721, 19422, 21368, 1451, 13610, 13833, 2517, 2636, 1766, 17237, 6198, 6828, 13509, 14959, 16448, 16817, 19638, 19674, 20475, 1095, 13941, 13981, 14585, 18415, 173, 1486, 2500, 2568); Jitendra Kumar Roy (SC 13) (in 6611, 10605, 12936, 10645, 5695, 13589, 11732, 14830, 18129, 5259, 7568, 7606, 9532,10668, 11007); Kameshwar Kumar (GP) (in 20123, 15320, 2196, 4882, 6418, 1851, 10242, 15416, 8202, 9069, 9171, 12928, 23769, 4369, 10316, 14884, 2746, 3607, 4626, 6946, 7265, 10078, 7265. 10078, 10195, 10604); Abhay Shankar Jha (in 3248); Madanjeet Kumar (GP 20) (in 16214, 19825, 24799, 10864, 10408, 12020, 17190, 14290, 18308, 13778, 7177, 7936, 8941, 8392, 18665, 13440, 13477, 14176, 14347, 16525, 17321, 21420, 1576, 1912, 2432, 6560, 9377, 9928, 10462, 12231, 9637, 11759); Madhaw Pd. Yadaw (GP 23) (in 21194, 20205, 6729, 113, 8141, 531, 11969, 4327, 10349, 12114, 12331, 12571, 13216, 15360, 16918, 18787, 19631, 20308, 3032, 5104, 8424, 8520, 9382, 10081, 10643, 10656, 11759); Prabhakar Jha (GP 27) (in 5452, 8601, 7622, 18241, 6408, 8623, 13969, 18574, 8660, 14006, 15118, 20946, 2863, 14193, 7178, 10056, 9654, 10145, 10316, 10533, 6597, 13636, 14096, 2731, 1550, 1940, 2438, 2731, 6271, 6623, 8081, 9033, 9390, 9772, 10642); Ranjit Kumar Yadav (in 3371, 4224, 4742, 5746); Shilpa Singh (GA 12) (in 17375, 20218, 6392, 18719, 19261, 20776, 6311, 7304, 13234, 7142, 12205, 1227, 2285, 5142, 5725, 10607, 12712, 12877, 14411, 14556, 3320, 5073, 6298, 7830, 8668, 9116, 9762, 10281, 11921); Subhash Chandra Mishra (SC) (in 9924, 16854, 2243, 4523, 6100, 9644, 12371, 15637, 3604, 3670, 9226, 1432, 7333, 10731, 995, 11709, 21067, 7760, 13700, 14165, 14483, 15537, 19462, 21201, 1734, 3488, 7467, 9643, 9900, 9913, 10060, 12510).
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 – Section 23 – Bihar Panchayat Elementary Teachers (Employment and Service Conditions) Rules, 2012 – Rule 15 – [Category A-D] – Removal of Untrained Teachers – Purpose of Act of 2009 is to provide teachers to primary classes who are all trained – No untrained teacher could continue in employment after 31.03.2019 – Petitioners have already acquired training and they are now eligible to teach students in terms of Section 23(2) of R.T.E. Act of 2009 – Delay in acquiring training may have been attributed to teachers or on account of delayed sessions by respective institutions or on account of lack of infrastructures – In the circumstances, while their earlier services rendered with State Government may not be treated to be a regular one, no purpose at the same time would be served in terminating services and conducting fresh selection on same post which will also take a long time, keeping in view that selection process itself as a long cumbersome process – Petitioners shall be treated as freshly appointed elementary school teachers and their services shall be counted for all purposes from the date they acquired their training – Period of service rendered prior to acquiring training, shall not be counted for any other purpose – Those who have failed and have not acquired training till date would not be allowed to continue as they are ineligible to teach and their services shall be terminated in terms of order of State Government. (Paras 9, 11 to 16, 18 and 20)
School Laws – Removal of Untrained Teachers[Category E] – Petitioners have already passed two years D.P.E. course from IGNOU – Petitioner's bridge course is required to be conducted by State Government as soon as possible and for the said purpose, State Government shall conduct bridge course within a period of three months from date of passing of this order – On participating in bridge course those teachers who cleared bridge course shall be treated as continued in service but for others order of termination in terms of Right of Children to Free and compulsory Education (Amendment) Act, 2017 shall apply because training conducted by IGNOU initially was treated as equivalent and it is subsequent Act of N.C.T.E. declaring the same as unrecognized – Purpose under R.T.E. Act 2009 is to see teachers are trained – Two years training has already been granted to them and it is only for the purpose of recognition in terms of N.C.T.E. that six months bridge course is required to be done – It is also not a case where teachers have refused to move for the bridge course – Writ petitions partly allowed – Reinstatement shall only be after he has completed bridge course – Such teacher would be entitled for continuance of service – However, salary for intervening period shall not be paid to him on terms of principle of no work no pay. (Paras 1 to 5)
Syed Abdul Qadir Vs. State of Bihar, (2009) 3 SCC 475; State of Punjab Vs. Rafiq Masih, (2015) 4 SCC 334; State of Uttar Pradesh Vs. Anand Kumar Yadav, (2018) 13 SCC 560 – Relied.
Sanjeev Prakash Sharma, J.—These bunch of writ petitions remains certain common questions of law and were, therefore, decided to be heard together by a Coordinate Bench.
2. When the matters came up before the Court during the course of hearing on 11th July, 2022, this Court observed as under:—
“8. This Court finds that in the bunch of cases listed today and the cases which are pending before this Court following categories can be laid down for distribution or demarcating the cases :
(a) The trained teachers, who opted training after 31.03.2019.
(b) Teachers who have applied for training and have already been registered with NIOS but have not completed their training on 31.03.2019.
(c) Those who have completed their training but not received the certificate up-to 31.03.2019.
(d) Those whose results have not been declared although they have completed their training up to 31.03.2019.
(e) Teachers who have passed out from IGNOU but were unable to do the bridge course/ enrichment course of six months as required.
(f) Teachers who have completed their training but their results have been withheld for one reason or the other.
(g) Teachers do not possess 50% marks in their Intermediate who have already done the training provision.
(h) Apart from the aforesaid category there are some cases where the facts are different they will be treated in other category.”
3. Accordingly, the Registry has listed all these cases today in different categories A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H as pointed out hereinabove. For the purpose of disposal of the cases, therefore, this Court is taking up the matters categorywise. However, the principles laid down by this Judgment, would be applicable to all categories and merely because a case is being shown in a particular category, would not be confused to behaving no application to the law as interpreted and laid down while dictating orders of the other categories. It is for the State Government too, therefore, apply the general principles laid down hereinbelow on all the individual cases.
4. The aforesaid direction as a prelude are being given since this Court notices that there are lot of writ petitions having petitioners more than one in number and, therefore, facts of each individual teacher cannot be looked into practically by this Court. While of course, the concerned teachers credentials would be available with the concerned authority of the Block/District also.
Category-A
1. Heard the parties.
2. Out of the petitioners present before this Court in the aforesaid bunch of writ petitions some are those who have been appointed as untrained teachers on compassionate ground (C.W.J.C. No.8984/2020) and others are those who have been appointed as untrained teachers by the concerned panchayat. All these teachers were asked to complete their training within a period of six years. For the reason that before 30.03.2019 they did not clear the course, or that they had improved their ranking, their services were sought to be terminated. However, all of them have passed Dl.Ed course from N.I.O.S. conducted by the State Government after 31.03.2019. It is also informed that few of the petitioners have acquired training of B.Ed/Dl.Ed from other recognized institutions after 31.03.2019. In order to reduce the voluminousity of the judgment, individual facts of each and every petitioners are not being mentioned. However, keeping view of the common facts mentioned in each writ petitions as above they are being generally noticed in the present order.
3. All the petitioners are aggrieved of the general orders passed by the Director, Elementary Education dated 22.10.2019, whereby in terms of the directions issued by the Union of India referring to Section 23(2) of the Right to Education Act, has directed for obtaining information relating to termination of service of such teachers, who did not acquire their training qualification up to 31.03.20
The court ruled that the retrospective application of new qualification requirements for teachers violates established rights, as teachers appointed before the changes cannot be penalized under newly....
The 18 months D. El. Ed. qualification through NIOS is valid for in-service teachers employed as of 10th August 2017, contrary to the High Court's ruling.
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