JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to prepare the panel as on 01.01.2020, 01.01.2021 and 01.01.2022 for the academic year 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 and to include the petitioner's name in the panel for promotion to the post of Higher Secondary School Headmaster as per seniority and permit the petitioner to participate in the counseling to be conducted on 28.01.2022 or subsequent dates so as to enable the petitioner to get promotion to the post of Higher Secondary School Headmaster.)

Common Order

1. The relief sought for in the present writ petitions is to direct the respondents to prepare the panel as on 01.01.2020, 01.01.2021 and 01.01.2022 for the academic year 2020-2021, 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 and include the name of the petitioners in the panel for promotion to the post of Higher Secondary School Headmasters, as per their seniority and permit the petitioners to participate in the counselling to be conducted on 28.01.2022.

2. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners made a submission that without preparing a panel for the earlier years, the panel is pre