Hon’ble Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra, J.—The Writ - C No. 67815 of 2015, Writ - C No. 68446 of 2015 and Writ - C 86 of 2016 have been filed by three teachers of Hira Lal Ram Niwas Inter College, Khaleelabad, District Sant Kabir Nagar (hereinafterto referred as “the College”), a recognized and aided institution governed by the U.P. Intermediate Education Act, 1921 and the U.P. Secondary Education Service Selection Board Act, 1982 (hereinafter to referred as “ the U.P. Act No. 5 of 1982”).

2. The petitioners in all the three writ petitions have challenged the order of the Respondent - Joint Director of Education, Basti Region, Basti dated 2.12.2015, who exercising the appellate powers in Regulation 3 (1) Cha of Chapter - II of the Regulations under the U.P. Intermediate Education Act has decided the dispute of inter-se seniority of the lecturers of the College.

3. The facts as mentioned by all three petitioners for raising a challenge to the order dated 2.12.2015 are being given in brief as culled out from the pleadings made by all the three teachers in their writ petitions and in the affidavits filed by the contesting respondents.

4. Ram Sewak Srivastava has stated in his writ peti