KULDEEP RAJ Vs. STATE OF J&K

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with Section 103 of the Constitution of State of Jammu and Kashmir, seeking writ in the nature of certiorari quashing the appointment of respondent No.6 with a further writ of mandamus commanding official respondent to consider case of the the petitioner for the post of Teaching Guide under the scheme of Rehbar -e -Taleem (here in after referred to as the Scheme), in village Dhoke.

(2.) THE brief facts of the case are as under: - - Vide Government Order No. 396/Edu of 2000 dt. 28th of April 2000, sanction was accorded to launch the Scheme with the following objective: - - "1. Promoting the decentralized management of elementary education with the community participation and involvement. 2. To ensure accountability and responsiveness through a strong back -up and supervision through the community, and

(3.) TO operationalize effectively the schooling system at the gross root level." 3. The said Scheme was to effectuate the provision of services of Teaching Guides in the Primary and Middle Schools to make up the deficiency of the stall as per the existing norms. The said leaching guides were to be designated as "Rehbar -e -Taleem teachers and were to ensure the overall development of the personality of children. These teaching guides were to be drawn from the local community for interface and interaction with the community to secure universal management and to check the incidence of dropouts. For the purpose of selection of Rehbar -e -Taleem, there is a composition of Village Level Committee (here -in -after referred to as VLC) with the Zonal Education Officer (In short ZEO) as its Convenor. The said composition of VLC for the purpose of implementation of the Scheme is as under: - - "a/Two parents of the children studying in the institutions within the village provided they are literate. b/Two persons to he nominated from the village, who have social standing. c/A representative of Women /Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe, d/Zonal Education Officer."