(1) This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner praying for directing the respondent No. 3 to approve the panel for filling up the post of Assistant-Headmistress in H.C.S.C. Srikrishna Balika Vidyapith (hereinafter referred to as the said school).

(2) Case of the petitioner is that she was appointed in the said school as an Assistant-Teacher on 28.5.1993. The respondent No.3, District Inspector of Schools (Nadia), duly approved such appointment. On 12.12.2000 the respondent No.3 accorded necessary permission in favour of the petitioner to act as an Assistant-Teacher in Language Group in addition to her duty as a teacher of Physical Education, fn the said school. After the petitioner joined the said school, she had obtained Post Graduate Degree in English with the permission of the competent authority in the year 2005.

(3) In the meantime, the post of Assistant-Headmistress fell vacant in the said school and the respondent No.3 accorded prior permission for filling up the said post. The Managing Committee of the said school notified such vacancy on 27.8.2007 and asked the eligible candidates amongst the approved Assistant-Teachers of the said school for submitting