Hon’ble Vikram Nath, J.—Both these writ petitions have been filed with a prayer to command the respondents to permit the petitioners to appear in the interview for the post of Lecturer in Hindi under the category of dependents of freedom fighters against the Advertisement No. 32 issued by the U.P. Higher Education Service Commission. Both these petitions relate to Advertisement No. 32 only. Pleadings in both these petitions are also similar. Both these petitions, being similar in nature, and the relief claimed also being similar, they are being heard together. The pleadings of Writ Petition No. 22497 of 2004 are being referred to in this judgment.

2. Upon a request being sent by the Director, Higher Education, U.P., the Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Service Commission issued Advertisement Nos. 30, 31 and 32 jointly inviting applications for the post of Lecturer in different degree colleges and post graduate colleges for appointment of Lecturers in different institutions all over the State. A copy of the advertisement has been filed as Annexure 1. According to the advertisement, total of 82 vacancies for the post of Lecturer in Hindi were advertised and the break up given wa