A.S. SUPEHIA, J.

1. Since the issues raised in both the captioned writ petitions are same they were heard analogously and being decided and disposed of by this common judgment.

2. For convenience, Special Civil Application No.61 of 2010 is taken as lead case. Brief facts, which led to the filing of the petition, are as follows:

3. The petitioner cleared the S.S.C examination in the Science Stream of the Gujarat Secondary Education Board held in March, 1998. The petitioner also passed Primary Teachers Certificate (PTC) examination of the Gujarat State Examination Board in April-May 2006 with 86.06%.

4. Respondent no.3 issued an advertisement dated 21.12.2009 inviting applications for the recruitment of 1014 Vidya sahayaks. The petitioner being qualified applied for the said post. Apprehending the rejection of his application on the ground of age bar, the petitioner has filed the present petition challenging the action of the respondents in granting the benefit of age relaxation to the reserved category candidates. In the alternative, he has prayed to grant the age relaxation as granted to the reserved categories.

5. Learned Advocate Mr. Pujara has contended that the respondent