JUDGMENT :

1. These petitions arise out of common background. They have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. The petitions can be divided into two groups. Civil Writ Petition No. 6587/2021 filed by Mukesh Kumar Royal and others and connected petitions call in question the vires of the notification dated 28.06.2018 issued by the National Council for Teacher Education ('NCTE', for short), by which the B.Ed. degree holders, subject to certain conditions, are made eligible for appointment to the post of primary school teacher grade-III (level-1) (classes-I to V), along with other qualifications already prescribed under its notification dated 23.08.2010 as amended from time to time. The writ petition No. 2108/2021 filed by Sunita and other connected petitions are filed by the B.Ed. degree holders. They support the notification dated 28.06.2018 and have challenged the advertisement issued by the Board of Secondary Education, State of Rajasthan inviting applications for Rajasthan Eligibility Entrance Test ('REET', for short) (level-1) in which the B.Ed. degree holders are excluded.

3. In brief, the controversy revolves around the question whether the NCTE