approached this court for regularization of his service, on the post of Clerk. The said writ application bearing C.W.J.C. No. 11893 of 2009 vide order dated 15.11.2010 (Annexure-8) was come to be disposed of with direction to the District Education Officer, Gopalganj as to take a final decision, on the representation of the petitioner, in accordance with law. In pursuance of the order passed by this court, the petitioner filed a representation before the District Education Officer, Gopalganj. Considering the merit and submissions made on behalf of the petitioner, the District Education Officer, Gopalganj rejected the claim of the petitioner vide Memo No. 330 dated 16th March, 2011, on one of the grounds that the initial adhoc appointment of the petitioner, was not made by the competent authority. The competent authority under the service condition Rule 1983 is committee headed by the District Magistrate of the respective district. As far as the petitioner is concerned, he has been appointed as a daily wage employee by Deputy Director, Secondary Education Board, Government of Bihar, Patna, who was not the competent authority to make such appointment. The order passed by the District Education Officer dated 16.03.2011 has not been challenged in the present writ application.
