1. :- The bunch of Special Appeals is directed against the order of learned Single Judge dated 16th February, 2006 passed in S.B.Civil Writ Petition Nos.4101/2005, 2235/2005, 2282/2005, 2276/2005, 2013/2005, 3400/2005, 2277/2005, 4100/2005, 2278/2005, 2275/2005 and 2181/2005, dismissing the writ petitions filed by the appellant-writ petitioners.

2. We have heard learned counsel for the parties. Carefully gone through the order impugned as also the material available on record.

3. For convenience, the facts of D.B.Civil Special Appeal (Writ) No.288/2006;Dhan Raj Meena v. State of Raj. & Ors. are taken as a leading case. The appellant-writ petitioners, by the writ petitions aforesaid challenged the validity of sub-rule (3)of Rule 266 of the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Rules, 1996 (for short "the Rules" hereinafter). The Rule 266 of the Rules reads as under:-

"Rule 266. Academic qualifications.- A recruit must possess minimum qualification as under:-

4. According to sub-rule (3) of Rule 266 of the Rules, the eligibility for the recruitment on the post of the Primary School Teacher has been prescribed which provides that a candidate must possess minimum qualification of Senior Secondary under new (10+2 Scheme) or Higher Secondary under old Scheme from Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education or equivalent and Secondary School Certificate from Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education or equivalent with five subjects, three of them shall be Mathematics, English and Hindi. Apart from the above a candidate must have passed BSTC Course. The other qualifications required are not relevant for the controversy raised in these appeals. Mainly, the appellants have assailed the validity of sub-rule (3) of Rule 266 of the Rules to the extent Secondary School Certificate from Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education or equivalent with five subjects, three of them shall be Mathematics, English and Hindi requiring a candidate to have passed these three subjects in the Secondary School from Rajasthan Board of Secondary Education or equivalent.

5. The appellant Dhanraj of course had three subjects in Secondary School Examination, 1991 but did not pass the subject Mathematics, however, thereafter, passed the Senior Secondary School Examination in the year 1993 from C.B.S.E. and acquired the qualification of B.A.,B.Ed. The respondent No.2 Rajasthan Public Service Commission (for short "the RPSC" hereinafter) published an advertisement inviting the applications for Primary/Upper Primary School Teacher Examination, 2004 requiring a candidate to possess the qualification as provides under sub rule (3) of Rule of 266 of the Rules which provides the post of Primary School Teacher to be filled by 100% direct recruitment. Admittedly the writ petitioner Dhanraj Meena did not pass the subject Mathematics in Secondary Examination and therefore, was not eligible for consideration on the post of Pr