By the Court.—This bunch of nearly 169 petitions, is in respect of appointment of part-time teachers, in various Degree Colleges of the State of Uttar Pradesh affiliated to Universities covered by the U.P. State Universities Act, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the Act, 1973), in terms of the Government Order dated 7.4.1998, on honorarium @ Rs. 100/- to be paid on per lecture basis subject to the maximum of Rs. 5000/- per month (now enhanced to Rs. 8,000/-), against duly created posts of Lecturers, as well as absorption of such part-time teachers against substantive vacancies of Lecturers in terms of Section 31-E of the U.P. Higher Education Services Commission Act, 1980 (hereinafter called the Commission’s Act) added vide 3rd Amendment Act No. 42 of 2006. While a set of prospective applicants question the process of absorption as per Section 31-E of the Commission’s Act itself. The aforesaid writ petitions may be categorized into four groups :

(a) Writ petitions filed by part-time teachers appointed under Government Order dated 07.04.1998 subject to the maximum of Rs. 5000/- per month (now enhanced to Rs. 8000/-) seeking salary at par with the regularly appointed Lecturers