Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.—These writ petitions raise common questions of fact and law and are being decided by this common judgment.

2. The petitioners in these writ petitions have applied for selection on the post of Prerak (Motivator) under different Gram Panchayats of district Ambedkar Nagar, pursuant to advertisement dated 3.12.2011. Their case is that they have past experience of working in various literacy programmes of the Government as Prerak/Social worker/Master trainer, in view of which, they are entitled to be selected on the post of Prerak. In some of the writ petitions, the petitioners have challenged the notification dated 19.9.2014 by the District Basic Education Officer, Amebedkar Nagar notifying the directions issued by Zila Lok Shiksha Samiti, which, inter alia, provides for award of quality point marks for higher educational qualification and past experience. It is contended that under the original advertisement dated 3.12.2011, they were entitled for appointment against the post of Prerak on priority (Prathmikta) basis, while the directives issued by Zila Lok Shiksha Samiti for award of quality point marks, for such experience, is contrary to the sti