JUDGMENT :

Magrey, J.

1. Since both these appeals, being LPA No. 183/2021; and LPA No. 185/2021, are directed against the common Order dated 14th of December, 2021 passed by the learned Single Judge in WP (C) No. 1946/2021, we propose to decide the same by medium of this Judgment hereunder.

2. The brief facts leading to the filing of these two appeals, as come to the fore from the perusal of the pleadings on record, are that the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (for short ‘the Board’) issued Order No. 411-B of 2021 dated 20th of September, 2021, whereby one Ghulam Hassan Wani, Deputy Secretary (Retired), was appointed as Consultant in the Board for a period of one year from the date of his joining on the monthly consolidated remuneration of Rs.35,000/- without any allowances. Feeling aggrieved by the said Order, the Writ Petitioners/Respondents herein, claiming to be the office bearers of the Employees Association, filed a Writ Petition bearing WP(C) No. 1946/2021 before the learned Single Judge, wherein they sought quashing of the appointment of the said Ghulam Hassan Wani on the grounds detailed out in the Petition. The learned Single Judge, in terms of Order dated 14th o