JUDGMENT :

These two writ petitions are connected therefore, I am disposing of these writ petitions by a common judgment.

2. I will narrate the facts in W.P.(C)No.7070/2022. Exhibits in W.P.(C)No.7070/2022 is referred throughout this judgment unless specifically mentioned otherwise. This is a dispute between two rival claimants for the post of Principal in the Kandamangalam Higher Secondary School (for short, “School”), which is an aided School in terms of the Kerala Education Act and Rules. The petitioner in W.P. (C)No.7070/2022, Smt. Rajeswari Devi.S, was appointed as the Principal of the School from 29.05.2019 onwards against a retirement vacancy in the School by the 4th respondent, The Manager. The grievance of the petitioner is that her appointment as Principal from 29.05.2019 is not approved due to a seniority dispute between the petitioner and the 5th respondent herein. The 5th respondent, Smt.Sangeetha R. Nair, herein is the petitioner in W.P.(C) No.9671/2022. It is submitted that, before her regular service started, the petitioner, Smt. Rajeswari Devi.S, entered service