Judgment

Ali Mohammad Magrey, J.—Since, all these petitions involve similar questions of facts and the law, as such, same having already been clubbed and heard together, are being decided by way of a common judgment.

2. In these petitions, the petitioners are aggrieved of two communications bearing No. Edu/SPD/SmS/126/20290-20334/2020 dated 30th of January, 2020 and No. Edu/SPD/SS/864-908/20 dated 28th of August, 2020, alongwith guidelines issued vide communication No. Edu/SPD/SmS/26/26837/20 dated 2nd of March, 2020, whereby the petitioners, who are in-service Grade-II and Grade-III Teachers (erstwhile RReTs), have been directed to undergo the ‘Integrated Multidisciplinary Professional Advancement Course for Teachers’ (for short ‘IMPACT’) training course.

3. The star argument of all the learned appearing counsels representing the petitioners is that the action of the respondents in directing the petitioners to undergo the IMPACT training course has bifurcated the Teacher community into two groups as trained and untrained without any criteria, thereby resulting in violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India. It is submitted that the very object for which the IMPACT trainin