ORDER :

M.B. Shah, J.

Civil Appeal No. 1124 of 2000 is delinked.

2. This batch of appeals/special leave petitions are filed against the judgment and order dated 13-5-1998 passed by the Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court in various writ petitions pertaining to the interviews held by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (for short "U.P. PSC") for the 216 posts of Principals in Government (Boys/Girls) Inter College of the State. U.P. PSC held examinations and interviews in the year 1997. The High Court while relying upon the relevant Act and the Rules and the eligibility criteria prescribed for such appointment has, however, read into the selfsame additional facts and noted that it was the first experience to hold the interviews of such requirements resulting into expansion of scope of the same.

3. In order, however, to assess the situation in its proper perspective, the eligibility criteria for selection to the post of Principal, Government Intermediate College (Boys/Girls) ought to be considered and the same reads as under:

Eligibility Criteria (Essentials):

(a) A postgraduate degree from a university established by law in India or a degree recognised by the Government as e