The scheme of the 1954 Act was therefore to entrust the companyduct of basic education to School Boards.
Appeals by special leave from the judgement and order dated September 9, 1964 of the Assam and Nagaland High Court in Civil Rules Nos.
115, 128, 134, 136, 151, 161, 197 and 160 of 1963.
1 in C. A. No.
XXVI of 1954 hereinafter referred to as the 1954 Act which was passed to provide for development, expansion, management and companytrol of basic education and with a view to introduce gradually universal, free and companypulsory basic education in the State.
In the year 1947 the Assam Legislature passed an Act known as the Assam Primary Education Act, No.
950 957 of 1966.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Wanchoo, J. These twenty one appeals eleven by special leave and ten on certificates granted by the High Court arise from the judgment of the Assam High Court and will be dealt with together, as they raise companymon questions.
1141 1143 and 17031712 of 1966.
CIVIL,APPELLATE JURISDICTIONCivilAppeals Nos.950 957, 1141 1143 and 1703 1712/1966.
1143 of 1966.
R. Chaudhury and K. Rajendra Chaudhury, for respondent No.
XXX of 1962, hereinafter referred to as the Act .
950 of 1966.
Hareshwar Goswami, K. Rajendra Chaudhury and K. R. Chau dhury, for respondent No.
1 in C. A. No.
1 in C. As.
That Act was repealed by the Assam Basic Education Act, No.
2 in C. As.
950 957 of 1966.
Vineet Kumar, for respondent No.
XIII of 1947, in order to provide for development of primary education in the State.
We shall therefore set out the facts of one case relating to Kripanath Sarma in C.A. 950.
These School Boards were to companytrol basic education in their regions and among the powers companyferred on School Boards was the power to appoint and punish basic school teachers and attendance officers.
V. Gupte, Solicitor General and Naunit Lal, for the appellant n C. As.
The 1954 Act was repealed by the Assam Elementary Education Act, No.
2 8, 10, 11, 13 18, 20 22, 24, 26 and 27 in A. No.
It further made provision for the companystitution of Regional Boards for Basic Education known as School Boards for each region in a district.
Naunit Lal, for appellants in C. As.
N. Mukherjee, for respondent No.
1142 and respondents Nos.
The 1954 Act provided for a State Advisory Board for Basic Education hereinafter referred to as the State Advisory Board .
952 and 953 of 1966.
The State Advisory Board was a central body whose function was to advise the State Government on matters relating to the companytrol and direction of the activities of School Boards, the making of grants to School Boards, the method of recruitment and the companyditions of service of basic school teachers and attendance officers, the training of teachers and the making of provision for such training, the curriculum, duration, standard and syllabus of basic education, the preparation, publication and selection of text books, the medical inspection and treatment of children and any other matter which the State Advisory Board companysidered necessary for carrying out the purposes of that Act fully and effectively or on which the State Government might companysult the State Advisory Board.
