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DIPANKAR DATTA, SANJAY KAROL
PATWARI SINGH – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF M. P. – Respondent
ORDER :
1. Civil Appeal Nos. 7646/2012, 7647/2012, 7655/2012, 7648-7653/2012 and 7656 of 2012 are directed against the judgment and order dated 20th January, 2010, 6th October, 2009; 15th February, 2010; 6th October & 7th October, 2009, and 11th May, 2010, respectively, passed by a Division Bench of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh. By the judgment and order, impugned in the said appeals, dismissal of the writ petitions presented by all the appellants by the learned Single Judge, by orders of varying dates, were upheld.
2. While dismissing the writ appeals, as aforesaid, the Division Bench placed reliance on an earlier judgment and order of the Division Bench of the same High Court dated 5th October, 2009, passed in a batch of writ petitions with Writ Petition No. 8419 of 2009 being the lead petition. The said judgment and order dated 5th October, 2009 forms the subject matter of challenge in Civil Appeal No. 7654 of 2012.
3. These appeals involve a short question of law as to whether by the impugned circular dated 27th July 20091[Circular], the Commissioner, Land Records and Settlement, Madhya Pradesh altered any of the qualifications required for appointment on the post of Patwari
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