JUDGMENT :

KALYAN RAI SURANA, J.

1. Heard Mr. M. Khan, learned counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mr. U. Sarma, learned standing counsel for the Secondary Education Department, representing respondent nos. 1 to 3, Mr. P. Saikia, learned Government Advocate, representing respondent no. 4 and Mr. S.D. Purkayastha, learned counsel representing respondent no. 6. None appears on call for the respondent no. 5, upon whom vide order dated 26.09.2019, notice has been deemed to be duly served.

2. The pleaded case of the petitioner is that she is having educational qualification of M.Sc. (Chemistry), B.Ed., and had also cleared Teacher Eligibility Test Examination (TET for short). Accordingly, it is claimed that the petitioner has the requisite eligibility to be appointed as Post Graduate Teacher (PGT for short). By an OM dated 19.02.2014, issued by the Secondary Education Department, it was provided, amongst others, in Clause 7 (vii) that “No candidate is allowed to apply in the Bengali / Hindi medium schools if the candidate does not have MIL in Bengali and Hindi in the HSLC examination as the case may be. Only candidates having Bengali and Hindi are allowed for applying in the schools in