Hon’ble Ashok Bhushan, J.—These writ petitions relate to selection on the post of Principals in post-graduate and degree colleges in the state of U.P. The writ petitions can be divided in following five groups.

(1) The writ petitions challenging the selection dated 30.6.2008 and 2.7.2008 on the post of Principal in different post-graduate colleges in the State of U.P. leading writ petition of which group is writ petition No. 34198 of 2008, Dr. Karuna Nidhan Upadhya and another v. State of U.P. and others.

(2) The writ petition challenging the selection dated 15.5.2007 on the post of Principal in degree colleges in the State of U.P. This group has only one writ petition being writ petition No. 44358 of 2007, Dr. (Mrs.) Noopur Sharan and another v. State of U.P.

(3) The writ petitions challenging the reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other backward classes on the post of Principals in post-graduate colleges and degree colleges as contained in advertisement Nos. 33,34,35 and 36, issued by U.P. Higher Education Services Commission, leading writ petition No. of which is writ petition No 38714 of 2003 Dr. (Smt.) Shikha Chaturvedi v. U.P. Higher Education Serv