VEDEHI SARAN Vs. MUNICIPAL BOARD, KONCH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE only question which I am required to determine In this second appeal is about the true scope and ambit of the first proviso to sub-section (1) of section 9 of the U.P. Basic Education Act (U. P. Act No. 34 of 1972.

(2.) IT may be stated that the responsibility for primary education had rested with the Zila Parishad in rural areas and with the Municipal Boards and the Nagar Mahapalikas in the urban areas until the aforesaid enactment was passed. The Legislature was of the view that the administration of the pri­mary education through the instrumentality of the said local bodies was not satisfactory. It was considered necessary to reorganise, reform and expand elementary education and with the aforesaid object, U.P. Act No. 34 of 1972 was enacted and it received the assent of the President on August 17, 1972 and was published in U. P. Gazette Extraordinary dated August 19, 1972.

(3.) APPOINTED day' has been defined to mean the day on which the Board is established.