JUDGMENT :

SUNITA AGARWAL, J.

1. The delay occurred in filing the Civil Application seeking leave to Appeal, has been explained to the satisfaction of the Court. Hence, Civil Application in the connected matter for condonation of delay is, accordingly, allowed.

2. The Civil Application for leave to appeal in the connected matter is allowed, accordingly.

3. This Court has passed the following common order dated 03.04.2024 in the bunch of appeals with lead matter as Civil Application (for Leave to Appeal) No. 1240 of 2023 in Letters Patent Appeal No. 334 Of 2024 with Letters Patent Appeal No. 334 Of 2024 in Special Civil Application No. 18076 Of 2019:-

“1. The delay occurred in filing the Civil Applications seeking leave to Appeal, has been explained to the satisfaction of the Court. Hence, all Civil Applications in the connected matters for condonation of delay are, accordingly, allowed.

2. The Civil Applications for leave to appeal in all the connected matter are allowed, accordingly.

3. The appeals, in this bunch, have been filed by the State through the Secretary, Education Department, Government of Gujarat challenging the judgement and order dated 22.07.2022 passed by the learned Singl