JUDGMENT :

R.V. More, J.

1. By filing above petitions, the petitioners are seeking regularization in service. The petitioners are also challenging the Meghalaya Teachers Eligibility Test (for short 'MTET') examination which was held on 31-01-2019. Since the issues involved in the above petitions are similar, the pleadings are also completed and the learned counsel for the respective parties agreed for disposal of these petitions at the stage of admission, I have heard them extensively and I am disposing of the petitions by this common judgment.

2. For convenience, brief facts of the Writ Petition being WP(C). No. 98/2020 are taken into consideration, which are as follows:

The petitioners were appointed as teachers in Government Schools in the State of Meghalaya on temporary/ad hoc basis for the period of 59 days and since then they have been continuing in service for the past 2-10 years. It is the case of the petitioners that they were qualified in all aspects as per the requirement of NCTE Notification dated 29-07-2011. The Director of Educational Research & Training has made an advertisement dated 29-10-2018 for conducting MTET examination. Accordingly, the petitioners and other cand