JUDGMENT - SIRPURKAR V.S., J.:—Both these petitions can be conveniently disposed of by this common Judgment as they are filed at the instance of the same petitioner. In Writ Petition No. 2300 of 1990 the petitioner prays for a writ of mandamus for quashing and setting aside the Order passed by the Education Officer dated 21-8-1990. The respondent No. 1-Education Officer, Zilla Parishad, Nagpur, has, by the impugned Order, held the respondent No. 3 Mrs. Nirmala Barokar to be senior than the petitioner. Similarly, in Writ Petition No. 1762 of 1993, the same petitioner challenges the order dated 30-3-1991 passed by the Additional Commissioner, Nagpur, in his capacity as the Regional Director of Municipal Administration, Nagpur. In that order, the Regional Director of Municipal Administration had allowed the revision application filed by the respondent No. 3 Mrs. Nirmala Barokar and held that she is senior to the petitioner. It is on this account that both the petitions were heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. There is a chequered history to the litigation in these two petitions. It dates back to the appointment of the petitioner, who was appointed as a

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