1. - In all these writ petitions the petitioners have questioned legality of the orders relating to promotions made on the post of Teacher Gr. II and their reversion from the post of Teacher Gr. II to that of Teacher Gr. III. Since facts of the cases are similar and common questions of law have been raised for determination, the only appropriate course for this court is to decide all these writ petitions by a common order.

2. In order to appreciate the contentions of the petitioners, I deem it proper to make reference to few facts from each of the writ petitions.

3. In writ petition No. 222/94 Shiv Charan Sharma v. State of Rajasthan and others, the petitioner has stated that he passed B.A. from the University of Rajasthan in the year 1978 and B.Ed. from University of Ajmer in the year 1988. He joined Government service as Teacher Gr. III on being appointed as such by the District Education Officer, Jaipur-I (Boys Institution), Jaipur. In the seniority list of Teacher Gr. III of district Jaipur, name of the petitioner has been included at serial No. 791/71-82. In the year 1991 an eligibility list of teachers, who were entitled to be considered for promotion for the year 19