Patna: The Patna high court has summoned the district programme officer (establishment) of Lakhisarai to appear in person on Nov 5 for allegedly preventing two niyojit teachers from marking their attendance in the school register.A division bench of chief justice V Kameshwar Rao and Justice Partha Sarathi passed the order on Oct 28 while hearing an appeal filed by Tarranum Shiri and Shaista Anjum.Their counsel, Rishik Singh Rajput, said the two were selected and appointed as primary panchayat teachers at Muslim Tola school in Urain village panchayat on Jan 4, 2011. Their appointments were arbitrarily cancelled but restored nearly a decade later following a prolonged legal battle. Despite performing their duties, they were allegedly barred from marking attendance and denied salaries.
