1. The Petitioners have challenged the order of refusal of approval dated 06.08.2016 passed by Respondent No.3/ Education Officer holding that as 172 surplus teachers in Latur Zilla Parishad are yet to be absorbed and since the Petitioners/Management is recruiting new candidates thereby, truncating the right of surplus teachers, approval to the appointment of Petitioner Nos.3 and 4 cannot be granted.

2. Petitioner No.1 is the Management of the educational institution. Petitioner No.2 is the School. Petitioner Nos.3 and 4 are the newly appointed teachers who have been refused approval.

3. Shri Panpatte, learned Advocate for the Petitioners, has severely criticized the impugned order dated 06.08.2016. The contention is that as approval is refused, Petitioner Nos.3 and 4, who are newly appointed teachers with Petitioner Nos.1 and 2/ Management, are unduly facing hardships and their rights are being taken away by the impugned order of the Education Department.

4. He further submits that advertisements were published for recruiting Petitioner Nos.3 and 4. They were appointed on 01.04.2014 and 01.08.2014. Their proposals for approval have been turned down on the ground that there