Hon'ble Prakash Krishna, J.—Finding two conflicting decisions given by two division benches of this Court, a learned Single Judge, by the order dated 25th of May, 2012 has referred the following two questions of law for consideration to a larger bench. That is how the matter has come up before us on the nomination made by Hon’ble the Chief Justice. Following two questions have been referred:

(A) Whether mere selection on a date prior to 2.6.2010 will confer a right upon the incumbent to claim appointment and for being sent for training as Shiksha Mitra even after the State Government has imposed a ban on such appointment on 2.6.2010 and the scheme of Shiksha Mitra itself has been dropped by the State Government.

(B) Whether the law laid down by the Division Bench in the case of Sonika Verma v. State of U.P. and others (supra) or the law laid down by the Division Benches in the case of Km. Rekha Singh v. State of U.P. and others (supra) and in the case of Pankaj Kumar v. State of U.P. and others (supra) is the correct law.

The background facts, as set out in the writ petition, relevant to the above questions may be noticed in brief.

2. The present petition has been filed by