Judgment

Srikrishna, J.—Leave granted.

2. This group of appeals impugns the judgment of the Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court in a group of appeals challenging the correctness of the decision of the learned Single Judge, who allowed a batch of writ petitions resulting in the quashing of certain Government Orders relating to selection for training of candidates for appointment as Assistant Teachers in the primary schools run by the U.P. Basic Education Board (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Board’).

3. The material facts relevant for disposal of this group of appeals may be summarized thus :

For several years, the State of U.P. had experienced a severe shortage of teachers as a result of which it was finding it difficult to fulfill its obligations as mandated by Article 45 of the Constitution of India to provide free and compulsory education for all children up to the age of 14 years. The State Government runs a training college in each district, (about 70 in number) where the candidates are given training in teaching and on successful completion of the training are awarded a ‘Basic Teacher’s Certificate’ (hereinafter referred to as BTC). The State government experienced that t