JUDGMENT :

Rajesh Shankar, J.

The present writ petition has been filed for issuance of direction upon the respondents to allow the petitioners to participate in the counselling with respect to appointment on the post of Inter/Graduate Trained Teacher pursuant to the order dated 02.02.2017 passed by this Court in W.P.(S) No. 19/2016 along with other analogous cases which have been affirmed by learned Division Bench vide order dated 11.05.2018 passed in L.P.A. No. 168/2017. Further prayer has been made for issuance of direction upon the respondents to give priority to the Para Teachers, who are having higher position in the merit list than the last selected candidate and are also having teaching experience. The petitioners have also prayed for directing the respondents to continue with the appointment process till the last existing vacancy of Intermediate/Graduate Trained Teachers and to fill up the remaining seats by appointing the deserving candidates.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioner Nos. 1 & 14 have B.Ed. Degree whereas the petitioner Nos. 2 to 13 and 15 to 25 have done Diploma in Primary Education from Indira Gandhi National Open University. The pe