Hon’ble Yashwant Varma, J.—The appellant, a lecturer in Physics and the seventh respondent (appellant in Special Appeal No. 831 of 2015), a lecturer in Chemistry have preferred these appeals seeking to assail the judgement rendered by a learned Single Judge on 9 October 2015. The appellant and the seventh respondent applied for being handed over charge of Officiating Principal in the Inter College, Jatpura, Muquimpur, District Bulandshahr consequent to the Principal having retired and a vacancy consequentially coming into being on 30 June 2014. The post of Officiating Principal, and on which there is no dispute, is to be filled from amongst the seniormost lecturer in the institution in accordance with the provisions of Section 18 of the U.P. Secondary Education Service Selection Board Act, 1982 (1982 Act). Pursuant to a direction issued by a learned Single Judge of this Court on 4 September 2014, Writ Petition No. 37077 of 2014; Vir Singh v. State of U.P. and others, the District Inspector of Schools undertook an adjudication with respect to the inter se seniority of the appellant and the seventh respondent. By his order dated 8 May 2015, the District Inspector of Schools r