JUDGMENT :

Biren Vaishnav, J.

1. Rule returnable forthwith. Ms. Nidhi Vyas, learned Assistant Government Pleader waives service of notice of Rule for the respondent - State

2. With the consent of the learned advocates for the respective parties, these petitions are taken up for final hearing today.

3. In these petitions, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the prayers of the petitioners to grant them the benefit of selection grade of Rs.12,000-18,300/-. Also under the challenge in these petitions are communication dated 1.6.2015 by which the case of the petitioners for the grant of selection grade as prayed for was rejected on the ground that the petitioners have undergone after 5.3.2010.

4. For the purposes of this judgment, facts of Special Civil Application No.13823 of 2019 are considered.

4.1. The petitioner obtained a degree in Bachelor (Electrical Engineering). She obtained Master Degree in the year 2015. Vide order dated 21.1.1994, she was appointed as lecturer, Electrical Engineering, Class-II on ad hoc basis in the pay scale of Rs.2,200-4,000/- After due selection process undertaken through the Gujarat Public Service Commission for direct recruitment, the petitioner