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The petitioner linked these staffing anomalies to a decline in academic performance, citing a drop in the Class X pass percentage from 67.74 percent in the academic year 2018‑19 to 38.53 percent in 2021‑22. Additionally, the petitioner noted that only Rs 35.71 crore of the allocated Rs 165.09 crore budget for teacher training had been utilised, and that fourteen officials remained illegally attached to other departments for periods extending up to twenty years, drawing salaries of Rs 3.27 crore from the Education Department.

In light of these allegations, the petitioner sought directions for the immediate deployment of teachers to the 1,895 schools lacking any teaching staff, and the formulation of a time‑bound rationalisation policy to address the vacancy gap and correct the excess deployment elsewhere.

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The State was represented by Advocate Anubhav Jain, while the Union of India appeared through Assistant Solicitor General Sunil Kumar Jain and advocate Dev Sharma. The petitioner appeared in person.

The Division Bench, after hearing the preliminary submissions, directed the State and the Union to file their respective responses within four weeks. The court emphasized that the notice was issued to enable the authorities to address the factual matrix presented in the petition and to consider the reliefs sought.

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The matter remains pending for further orders, with the court likely to examine the adequacy of the State’s response and the Union’s position on the alleged mismanagement of teacher resources in Madhya Pradesh’s government schools.