( 1. ) B. M. LAL J. :- The Order passed in this Petition shall also govern the disposal of the Miscellaneous Petitions Nos. 966 of 85 (Miss Sarita v. State and others), No. 967/85 (Deo Karan v. State and Others), No. 969/85 (Miss Rahman v. State of M. P. and others), No. 971/85 (Shyam Singh v. State of M. P. and others,) No. 972/85 (Prakash Chandra V. State of M. P. and others), No. 973/85 Rameshwar v. State of M. P. and others), No. 974/85 (Shankar Singh v. State of M. P. and others), No. 968/85 (Smt. Mangla v. State of M. P. and Others), No. 970/85 (Badrilal V. State of M. P. and others), No. 976/85 (Govind v. State of M. P. and others), No. 977/85 (Smt. Triveni v. State of M. P. ,and others), No. 978/85 (Brijraj v. State of M. P. and others), No. 979/85 (Ganpat Singh V. State of M. P. and others), No. 980/85 (Asfaan Mohd. Khan v. State of m. P. and others), No. 1084/85 (Miss Sangita v. State of M. P.), No. 1085/85 (Jeewan prasad v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1086/85 (Dilawar Khan v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1087/85 (Vikral Singh v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1088/85 (Jagdish chandra v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1089/85 (Mahipal Singh v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1090/85 (Dashrathlal v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1091/85 (Jagdish chandra v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1092/85 (Smt. Rajkumari v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1094/85 (Smt. Manorma v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1095/85 (Ranchhor v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1097/85 (Mansukhlal v. State of M. P. and , others), No. 1098/85 (Pratap Singh v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1099/85 (Indrajeet singh v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1100/85 (Girdharilal v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1101/85 (Randhashyam No. 1101/85 (Randhashyam v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1103/85 (Madanlalv. State of M. P. and others), No. 1104/85 (Smt. Ratna devi v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1105/85 (Smt. Rekha v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1106/85 (Surendra Chandera v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1107/85 (Rasool Khan v. State of MP. and others), No. 1109/85 (Miss Asha v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1110/85 (Ramlal v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1111/85 (Nand Singh v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1112/85. (Heeralal v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1113/85 (Bhikram Singh v. State of M. P. and others), No. 1114/85 (Lokendra Kumar v. State of M. P. and others), and No. 1093/85 (Ramsingh v. State of M. P. and others ).

( 2. ) BY this bunch of petitioners, the petitioners who are teachers are seeking a writ of certiorari, quashing the modified orders passed by the various District education Officers of the State, deeming the petitioners appointment as ad hoc for a limited period upto 30-4-1985. The petitioners further seek a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to continue them in service after 30-4-85 and that their terms of appointment be treated as regular instead of ad hoc.

( 3. ) IN nutshell, the facts leading to the present bunch of petitions, are as under : on 5-10-84 the Education Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh took a decision to fill up 400 posts of teachers and 800 posts of Assistant Teachers. In consequence of that decision, the respondents invited applications through employment Exchanges of various Districts. The concerned Employment Officers intimated the petitioners, whose names were registered in the Employment Exchange offices, that their names had been sent for appointment as teachers/assistant teachers and also intimated that in "case of their appointment, at the first instance, they will get fixed salary of Rs. 300/- per month for a period of two years and then scale of pay Rs. 545-925 will be given. This was on the basis of the intimation received by the employment Officers from the concerned State Government authorities.

( 4. ) ACCORDINGLY, the petitioners appeared before the respective District selection Committees which took interview and then they were appointed as t