IMPORTANT POINT
Only teachers serving in affected Talukas are eligible for transfer due to district bifurcation, as per the applicable administrative instructions and government resolutions.

JUDGMENT :

(Nirzar S. Desai, J.)

1. Draft amendment filed in each of the respective petitions and/or civil applications is granted. To be carried out forthwith.

2. Civil Application No.3 of 2024 in SCA No.25532 of 2022 as well as Civil Application No.3 of 2024 in SCA No.25077 of 2022 are filed by the applicants seeking impleadment as parties in the main respective petitions whereby the persons who are affected by the claim of the petitioners seeking a direction to hold the transfer camp in district bifurcation have applied for being impleaded as respondent.

3. Learned advocate Ms. Vidhi Bhatt as well as learned Advocate Mr. Devnani appearing in the respective civil applications for joining party demonstrated that in view of the order of priority for holding camp for transfer in the case of Vidyasahayaks and as they are in the priority list, the transfer camps are required to be held prior in point of time for the persons seeking transfer on the basis of district bifurcation. If the claims of the original petitioners are considered positively, the applicants who have preferred civil applications for being impleaded as respondents and who are seeking Inter-District transfer would be directly affected and, therefore, all the civil applications that are filed for being impleaded as party are decided as there was no formal objection against the present applications, the same are allowed. The applicants in each of the applications are directed to be impleaded as respective respondents in each of the main petitions. Cause title of the respective main writ petitions be amended forthwith.

4. Learned advocate Mr. Jay N. Shah appearing for the petitioners in Special Civil Application No.25743 of 2022, upon instructions, seeks permission to withdraw the present petition qua petitioner No.5. A communication in this regard is taken on record. Permission as prayed for is granted. Special Civil Application No.25743 of 2022 stands dismissed as withdrawn qua petitioner No.5.

5. Learned advocate Mr. Gaurav Chudasama appearing for the petitioners in Special Civil Application No.14657 of 2023, upon instructions, seeks permission to withdraw the present petition qua petitioner No.10. A communication in this regard is taken on record. Permission as prayed for is granted. Special Civil Application No.14657 of 2023 stands dismissed as withdrawn qua petitioner No.10.

6. Learned advocate Mr. Gaurav Chudasama appearing for the petitioners in Special Civil Application No.25642 of 2022, upon instructions, seeks permission to withdraw the present petition qua petitioner Nos.1, 8, 23, 14 and 34. A communication in this regard is taken on record. Permission as prayed for is granted. Special Civil Application No.25642 of 2022 stands dismissed as withdrawn qua petitioner Nos.1, 8, 23, 14 and 34.

7. Learned advocate Mr. Gaurav Chudasama appearing for the petitioners in Special Civil Application No.2214 of 2023, upon instructions, seeks permission to withdraw the present petition qua petitioner No.1. A communication in this regard is taken on record. Permission as prayed for is granted. Special Civil Application No.2214 of 2023 stands dismissed as withdrawn qua petitioner No.1.

8. Since common issues involved in all these petitions are under consideration, with the consent of learned advocates appearing for the respective parties, the same are taken up for final disposal today itself. Hence, RULE. Learned advocates appearing for the respective parties in each of the petitions waive service of rule.

Learned counsels for the parties have further agreed that Special Civil Application No.25532 of 2022 may be treated as lead matter and hence, for determining the controversy in all these petitions, the facts are taken from the said petition and, therefore, though separate petitions are filed, facts and pleadings are considered from Special Civil Application No.25532 of 2022.

9. By way of this group of petitions, the petitioners have prayed for a direction for quashing a