1. This petition filed by Akhil Dilli Prathamik Shikshak Sangh under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeks the following relief:

(a) Issue an appropriate writ quashing the directive of the respondent dated 25.4.2008 and similar other directives whereby the MCD teachers have been directed to carry out verification of voters I-card in addition to their normal duty of teaching which is contrary to general public interest and breach of fundamental rights of the children below 14 years of age.

2. The question of deploying teachers employed in schools run by the state government or municipal corporations for work connected with the conduct of elections, including revision of electoral rolls in terms of the Representation of the People Act 1950 (RP Act 1950), was considered by the Supreme Court in Election Commission of India v. St. Marys School AIR 2008 SC 655 . The said decision was rendered in an appeal filed by the Election Commission of India against the judgment dated 11th August 2004 passed by this Court in WP (C) 1076 of 2003 in which a statement was recorded that the respondents Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD), the New Delhi Municipal