( 1 ) THE Court : The writ petitioner is the Secretary of Abeshkuri High Madrasah situated at Gangarampur in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur. It appears that on the death of the Assistant Teacher in the Advanced Arabic group on 3rd February, 1994, the said post became vacant and the authorities of the Madrasah applied to the District Inspector of Schools (S. E.), Dakshin Dinajpur, for prior permission to fill up the said post. Such permission was granted by the District Inspector of Schools (S. E.), Dakshin Dinajpur, by his Memo dated 28th April, 1997, with a direction upon the school authorities to fill up the post through the Employment Exchange from a Scheduled Caste candidate, as the vacancy was required to be filed up by a Scheduled Caste candidate as per the 100 point roster. The requisite qualification that a candidate was required to have, as indicated in the prior permission given by the District Inspector of Schools, was Mumtazul Majahethin, M. M. for short, which deals with Islamic Theology.

( 2 ) PURSUANT to the permission given by the District Inspector of Schools, the authorities of the Madrasah applied to the Employment Exchange for sponsoring the