JUDGMENT :- (PER:- M.S. JAWALKAR, J.)

. RULE. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of learned Counsel for the respective parties.

(2) Since Writ Petition No. 7700/2022 is treated as main Petition, the facts and contentions stated in the said Petition are set out for adjudication of the issue involved in all the Petitions and they are being decided by this common judgment.

(3) The facts of the case, in brief, are as under:-

(4) The present Petitioner was appointed in the year 2000 on non grants-in-aid basis on the post reserved for SBC category after following the due procedure of law. On 13/06/2000, the Respondent No. 3 – Deputy Director of Education had given permission to the Respondent No. 6 – New English High School and Junior College to fill the vacant posts which were 8 in numbers. Accordingly, on 03/07/2000, the advertisement was published by the Respondent No. 6. The present Petitioner appeared in the interview, and on 16/09/2000, he was appointed on the post of Assistant Teacher. On 20/06/2002, the Respondent No. 6 issued fresh appointment orders to the Petitioner and other 7 teachers. The 7 other teachers who were appointed along with the present Petitione