JUDGMENT :

Rajan Roy, J.

1. Heard Shri Ashit Chaturvedi, learned Senior Counsel along with Sri K.M. Shukla, Shri R.C. Tiwari, Shri Shard Pathak and Shri Amrendra Nath Tripathi, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, Shri Raj Kumar Singh Suryavanshi and Shri Raishabh Tripathi, learned counsel for the Board and learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State.

2. All the writ petitions involve similar facts and issues, therefore, they were heard together and are now being decided by a common judgment.

3. The relief prayed for in the Writ Petitions and the facts of the case need to be mentioned as far as they are relevant.

4. The relief clause in Writ Petition No. 372 of 2022 reads as under:-

“I. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari thereby quashing the impugned Condition No.5 of Circular dated 5.1.2022 by means of which the date 25.2.2014 has been fixed for considering the eligibility criteria two senior most teachers for holding the post of Principal of recognized institutions recognized under the provisions of Uttar Pradesh Intermediate Education Act 1921.

II. Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the opposite party No