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MAHENDAR KUMAR GOYAL
Rajnikant S/o Late Shri Raghuvar Sahai – Appellant
Versus
Secretary to His Excellency the Governor of Rajasthan – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. Since, these writ petitions share common facts and questions of law, they have been heard together and are being decided vide this common order.
2. In S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.8497/2020: Rajanikant & Ors. vs. The Secretary to His Excellency, the Governor of Rajasthan & Ors. and S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.10057/2020:Rajkumar Pareek & Anr. vs. The Secretary to His Excellency, the Governor of Rajasthan & Ors., the petitioners were initially appointed as Class-IV employees in the office of the Governor of Rajasthan and were later on promoted as LDC after being granted relaxation in the reservation quota for promotion. In S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.15192/2017:Vishnu Sharma & Ors. vs. The Secretary to His Excellency, the Governor of Rajasthan & Ors., the petitioners are direct recruitees on the post of LDC and were appointed in the office of the Governor of Rajasthan.
3. The facts necessary for disposal of these writ petitions are being referred from S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.8497/2020.
4. The facts in brief are that the petitioners were initially appointed as Class-IV employees on various dates in the office of the Governor of Rajasthan (for brevity-’the Governor’). A f
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