R.S. Garg, J.

1. This order shall dispose of W.P. No. 3351/96 (Mehdibai v. State of M.P. and Ors.) and W.P. No. 4072/97 (Mohd. Ibrahim Khan v. State of M. P. and Ors.).

2. Facts necessary for the disposal of the petition are that the petitioner is a registered society under the Societies Registrikaran Adhiniyam, 1973, known as Mehdibai Fouzdar Education Society. The petitioner is engaged in running a school and imparts education through Urdu medium. The petitioner claims to be belonging to minority. The petitioner submits that respondent No. 3, Joint Director, Public Instructions, Narmada Division, Hoshangabad, has entertained appeals of certain employees whose services were terminated from the school by the petitioner society under the provisions of Section 6(a)(iii) and (iv), (b) and (c) of the M. P. Ashaskiya Shikshan Sanstha (Adhyapakon Tatha Anya Karmachariyon Ka Sandaya), Adhiniyam, 1978, (hereinafter referred to as the 1978 Adhiniyam). According to the petitioner, the Joint Director has no jurisdiction to entertain the appeals as the scope of the appellate power has already been explained by this Court in a Division Bench judgment in Sidhi Bala Bose Library Association v.