ORAL JUDGMENT :- Since common questions of law and facts arise in all these petitions, they were heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. Rule. By consent, Rule is made returnable forthwith.

3. Heard the learned Advocate for the parties. Perused the records.

4. The petitioners challenge the common judgment and order dated 24th May, 2000 passed by the Presiding Officer, School Tribunal, Nashik in Appeals Nos. DHL-3/ 2000 to DHL-12/2000. By the impugned judgment and order, the tribunal has directed the petitioners to reinstate the first respondents with full backwages.

5. The facts in brief, relevant for the decision are that since 1984-85, the petitioners were running an unaided English Medium school named as Sandipani Public School, Shahada. The first respondents in all these petitions are the teachers employed in the said school over a period of ten years, some of them being employed since 1990 and some since 1988. Since, November, 1997 the petitioners paid salary to the respondents after deducting 25% therefrom and further from July, 1999 each of them were paid Rs.3000/- per month towards their salary. The respondents, therefore, made a representation

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