Hon’ble Rajes Kumar, J.—In writ petition No. 13771 of 2007, the petitioner is seeking a direction to the Regional Selection Committee and Chairman Joint Director of Education, VIIth Region, Gorakhpur to consider the claim of the petitioner for promotion on the post of lecturer in Sociology and challenging the promotion of respondent No. 6, namely, Sri Radhey Shyam Prasad.

2. In writ petition No. 27873 of 2007, the petitioner prays for quashing of the order dated 1.6.2007 passed by Joint Director of Education, VIIth Region, Gorakhpur by which claim of respondent No. 6 for his appointment as Officiating Principal of the college has been accepted and the claim of the petitioner has been rejected and further for quashing of the promotional order dated 15.6.2004 promoting the respondent No. 6 on the post of lecturer.

3. Since the common cause is involved in both the writ petitions, same are being disposed of by a common order.

4. Brief facts of the case giving rise to the present writ petitions are as follows:

(i) There is a college named as Maninath Inter College, Nonapar District Deoria, which is recognised/Government aided intermediate College imparting education to boys and