The Bihar Elementary Teachers Appointment Rules, 2003 having been quashed by the Patna High Court, new recruitment rules are companytemplated to facilitate recruitment of trained teachers in a decentralized manner, by giving them age relaxation as ordered by the High Court.
The same was withdrawn on an undertaking given on behalf of the State of Bihar on 18th January, 2006, whereby the State of Bihar companymitted itself to recruiting and filling up the vacant posts of teachers in primary schools with trained teachers.
Since there had been a change in the administrative set up in the State of Bihar, the situation had become more companyplex and it had become difficult to work out a solution to the problem posed in filling up the vacancies in the post of primary school teachers throughout the State of Bihar.
22882 22888 of 2004 were filed by several trained teachers for a direction upon the State of Bihar to appoint them in the vacancies in the post of primary teachers in the State of Bihar.
That Chapters 6 and 7 of the Bihar Education Code relating to oriental education and hostels and messes will be kept in mind, as directed by the Patna High Court, while making recruitment of teachers.
By our order dated 13th October, 2011, on the Contempt Petition filed in SLP C No.
Subsequently, when the State of Bihar failed to abide by its companymitments and assurances, the Petitioner, Nand Kishore Ojha, filed Contempt Petition Civil No.
207 of 2006, and the same was disposed of with a direction upon the State of Bihar to implement the undertaking given earlier, upon a categorical statement being made that priority would be given to the trained teachers in matters of appointment in the said posts.
297 of 2007, was filed and several applications were made in the Contempt Petition by trained teachers similarly situated, for being impleaded as parties to the proceedings.
Thereafter, on account of further default on the part of the State of Bihar to honour its companymitments, another Contempt Petition, being Contempt Petition Civil No.
297 was taken up for companysideration, we heard the same along with several interlocutory applications filed by several teachers having individual grievances and reserved judgment.
Special Leave Petition Civil Nos.
When Contempt Petition Civil No.
ALTAMAS KABIR, CJI.
