Rajeev Ranjan Prasad, J. – Heard learned counsel for the petitioners in both the writ applications as well as learned counsel for the State.

2. On the request of learned counsel for the parties, these writ applications have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common order.

3. C.W.J.C. No. 7491 of 2023 has been taken as the lead case.

4. This writ application was heard earlier on 23.06.2023. The order dated 23.06.2023 contains the facts of the case and the issues involved in the writ application which were required to be answered by the State respondents, therefore this Court would reproduce the order dated 23.06.2023 hereunder: –

“Heard learned counsel for the petitioners, learned counsel for the State and learned counsel for the Bihar State Education Finance Corporation Ltd., Patna (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Corporation’).

This writ application has been filed seeking issuance of writ in the nature of a writ of certiorari to quash and cancel the letter as contained in memo no.353 dated 06.10.2021 (Annexure- ‘P/6’) issued by the Department of Education, Government of Bihar under the signature of the Director, Secondary Education, Patna. By the impugned order, the