JUDGMENT :

Sri Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J.

By means of this writ petition, petitioners have sought the following reliefs:-

“(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari calling for the records and quashing the List of the Candidates published by the District Education Officer, Elementary Education, Champawat on 27.06.2023 (Annexure 22 to the writ petition), whereby the private Respondents and other similarly situated candidates have been declared eligible to participate in the counseling/document verification to be held for the post of Assistant Teacher (Special Education) based on their UTET-I/CTET-I certificate.

(ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the District Education Officer, Elementary Education, Champawat to revise the list of the candidates published on 27.06.2023 (Annexure No. 22 to the writ petition) by excluding the candidates whose names have been included in the eligibility list based on their UTET-I/CTET-I certificate obtained on the basis of B.Ed./B.Ed. (Special Education) qualification.

(iii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus directing the Respondent no. 3 to issue necessary directions to the S