Allahabad, Apr 03: The Allahabad High Court has directed the officials of the education department to accept the application of the petitioner Dev Nath Verma and others for the special BTC course -- 2004. Justice Sunil Ambwani in his order directed the petitioner to submit the application by hand in the office of director, state education research and training board, JBTC, Nishat Ganj, Lucknow on or before April 9, 2004.

The court has directed that applications, duly stamped, addressed and sent by registered post on or before March 15, 2004 shall not be returned.

The court in its statement said that when the only mode prescribed by the department to receive application forms is registered post, then the postal department becomes the agent of the addressed/ department and in such cases if the application has been sent by registered post on or before the last date, the department can not refuse to accept the same even if it is received after the last date.

The petitioners' application form for special BTC course was not accepted by the department as it was received after the last date on March 15, 2004.

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