COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT Vs. SECRETARY SECONDARY EDUCATION

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is a strange case showing the height of dishonesty, forgery, fraud in which not only the employer and the beneficiaries are involved but even a section of media has played a nefarious role forgetting serious ' responsibility it owe to the society who has confidence in its straight forwardness and treat it forth Estate, to work as a watchdog.

(2.) THE writ petition directed against the order dated 1.12.2006 (Annexure 12 to the writ petition) passed by Joint Director of Education, Kanpur Division, Kanpur conveying approval to the appointment of respondent Nos. 7 to 11 on Class IV post in Bachchan Singh Tomar Inter College, Nagala Tomar, Balrai, Etawah (hereinafter referred to as "College") and the consequential order dated 5.12.2006 issued by District Inspector of Schools, Etawah/Auraiya (hereinafter referred to as "DIOS") conveying the said approval to the principal of the College i.e. respondent No. 6. THE facts stated in the writ petition are quite simple.

(3.) LEARNED counsel for the petitioner has challenged the impugned orders on the ground that no advertisement whatsoever was ever published in the alleged newspaper "Dainik Din Rat" dated 23.7.2006, as claimed by Principal and relied on by educational authorities i.e. DIOS and Regional Joint Director of Education. He has filed a photocopy of the said newspaper dated 23.7.2006 as Annexure 7 to the writ petition to show that no such advertisement ever published therein. He, however, has also filed a Photo-stat copy of the same newspaper of the same date wherein advertisement of 5 posts of Class IV employees is also contained. He submitted that the newspaper is a local one and has been manipulated and forged by adding the advertisement therein in a few copies though in actual it was not there.