TRIBHUWAN MISHRA Vs. DISTRICT INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS AZAMGARH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS case raises the question which has often come up before this Court as to who is to officiate as Principal of a High School or Intermediate College on the vacancy created by the death, retirement, removal, or resignation of a Principal until regular selection by the Secondary Education Commission under the U. P. Secondary Education Services Commission Act, 1982 (hereinafter referred to as the Act).

(2.) THE petitioner is admittedly the senior most Lecturer in the institution. THE post of Principal fell vacant due to resignation of the former Principal, Devi Prasad Singh. THE: vacancy was notified to the Commission, and in the meantime Satya Narain Tewari, being senior most Lecturer was appointed officiating Principal. Shri Tewari also retired, and the post of Principal again fell vacant - THE petitioner has alleged that in the normal course he being the senior most lecturer should have been appointed Principal, but the Committee of Management by passed him and after inviting applications appointed respondent No. 3 as ad hoc Principal It is admitted that respondent no. 3 is junior to the petitioner. It is also admitted that the Commission has not yet selected a regular Principal THE petitioner claims that he was wrongly not been appointed ad hoc Principal.

(3.) THERE are a large number of decisions of this Court bearing on this controversy, the latest being the decision of A. N. Verma, J. dated 24 -2 -1992 in Writ Petition No. 4461 of 1991 Mobd. Nairn v. District Inspector of Schools, and others. The other decisions ate ;; Gauri Shanker Dube v. District Inspector of Schools, 1992 (1) UP LB EC 158, Shashi Bhushan Sharma v. Committee of Management, 1991 (2) ALR 398., Radhey Shiam Tewari v. Dy. Director, 1990 (2) UP LB EC 160, Charu Chandra Tewari v. D I O.S., 1990 (1) UP LB EC 980, Bandana Banerji v. Administrator, 1990 (1) UP LB EC 116, Maya Saxena v. Committee of Management, 1989 (1) UP LB EC 666, Ram - wati v. State, 1987 UP LB EC 290, Yogendra Prasad Chaturvedi v. Addl. Civil Judge, 1986 EC 44. THERE is also an unreported Judgment of a Division Bench, Ram Murti Singh v. District Inspector of Schools in Writ Petition No. 169 of 1987 decided on 7 -12 -87. I shall advert to some of these decisions at relevant places.