1. This writ petition and several other writ petitions, as indicated in the annexed Schedule, have been filed by the petitioners aggrieved against orders passed by the respondents, whereby, pursuant to their selection under provisions of Rule 6D of the Rajasthan Educational Subordinate Service Rules, 1971 (‘Rules of 1971’), they have been adjusted/posted as per the Schedule at various schools under the Education Department.

2. It is, inter alia, the case of the petitioners that they were initially appointed on the post of Teacher Gr.-III, which has now been re-designated as Teacher Gr.-III, Level-I or Level–II under the provisions of Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 (‘the Act of 1994’) and Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Rules, 1996 (‘the Rules of 1996’); services of the petitioners were confirmed/regularized under the provisions of the Act of 1994 & the Rules of 1996; it is alleged that though the petitioners were appointed and their services are governed by the Act of 1994 & the Rules of 1996, without their knowledge, their services are being transferred under the provisions of Rule 6D of the Rules of 1971 to the Education Department; the respondents took steps for changing the