Both these writ petitions are disposed of by a com mon judgment as the common questions of law and facts are involved. Writ Petition No. 318 shall be leading writ petition. Bahadur Singh Gaur shall be referred to as the petitioner and R. K. Shukla as respondent No. 3 in the judgment.

2. The main controversy is regarding seniority in between the petitioner and respondent No. 3 Rama Kant Shukla. The material facts are not in dispute. Sri Ajodhya Singh Intermediate College, Kashipur district Kanpur is a recognised institution under the provisions of U. P. Intermediate Education Act, 1921

(hereinafter referred to as the institution ). The Committee of Man agement of the institution advertised three posts pf lecturers. One post for lecturer in Economics, second for lecturer in Hindi and the third for lecturer in English. The petitioner as well as respondent No. 3 both applied for ap pointment to the posts of lecturers. The Selection Committee interviewed and selected the candidates on 15th July, 1973. The petitioner was selected for the post of lecturer in Economics, respondent No. 3 was selected for the post of lecturer in Hindi and one Jagdish Narain Awasthi was sele