1. The Chief Education Officer, Doda, herein respondent No. 3, issued Advertisement Notice inviting applications inter alia for filling up of two vacancies of Rehbar-e-Taleem (R-e-T) in HSS Inharrah, Education Zone, Bhallesa. This Notice was published under No. DIP/JK-15827/2012 dated 12.01.2012. The minimum qualification was prescribed as 10+2 from the recognized Board/University and it was provided also that only eligible candidates from the Revenue village/village where the school is functioning can apply. The private parties to these two writ petitions applied for the aforementioned vacancies. The Zonal Education Officer, Bhallessa, herein respondent No. 4 vide his No. T/390-91 dated 08.05.2012, prepared merit wise list of the candidates, who had applied for the engagement. Hernam Singh and Kanchana Devi, who have been arrayed respondents in both these writ petitions figure at serial Nos. 1 and 2 respectively in this list. Petitioner, Kartar Singh and petitioner, Ravinder Kumar, figure at serial Nos. 3 and 4 respectively and Anita Devi, who is impleaded as party respondent in SWP No. 2642/2012 figures at serial No. 5. All these candidates, besides possessing the basic