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2003 Supreme(Jhk) 1268

P.K.BALASUBRAMANYAN, TAPEN SEN
Binod Vikash Manch – Appellant
Versus
State Of Jharkhand – Respondent


ORDER

1. Heard both sides.

2. In this writ petition, learned counsel for the petitioners essentially challenged the examination already held for selection of primary school teachers in the State. The challenge made to that examination has been rejected by this Court in WP (PIL) No. 2769 of 2003 and connected cases, Mr. M.S. Anwar, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner argued that the State has introduced CBSE Syllabus for education in the State and that Syllabus provides that English language be taught from the first standard. The learned counsel pointed out that under Article 21A of the Constitution of India, fundamental right to elementary education has been conferred upon children up to the age of 14 years and that right under Article 21A of the Constitution would include the right to quality education. He submitted that we cannot impart quality education in English by asking the teaching to be done by a teacher who has not even studied that subject. In support of the submission that such a situation can arise, learned counsel also referred to Annexure-1, the Recruitment Rules and pointed out that there was not even a paper in English in the test that was conducted for prim




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