COMMON ORAL ORDER

(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BHARGAV D. KARIA)

1. Heard learned advocate Mr. Udayan Vyas for the appellant and learned advocate Mr. Akshat Khare for learned advocate Mrs. Suman Khare for the respondent-UGC and learned advocate Mr. Aditya Gupta for other respondents in the respective appeals.

2. These appeals are filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent Act being aggrieved by the Judgement and Order dated 04.08.2025 passed separately in each of the petition.

3. The respondents-original petitioners in their respective writ petitions prayed for quashing and setting aside the order dated 31.01.2018 passed by the appellant removing them from service from the post of Assistant Librarian. The respondents were working with the appellant on contract basis prior to the issuance of the advertisement dated 10.06.2010 for the post of Lower Division Clerk and Assistant Librarian.

4. The appellant, on the basis of the Resolution passed by the Executive Committee on 18.10.2010, resolved to relax the age limit of the candidates working on contractual/fixed wages with the appellant-University maximum upto 45 years of age. As per the advertisement, age limit prescribed was minimum 18