IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT GWALIOR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE MILIND RAMESH PHADKE th ON THE 15 OF JULY, 2025 WRIT PETITION No. 2930 of 2014 LOKENDRA SINGH Versus THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS Appearance:

Shri Arun Dudawat - Advocate for the petitioner.

Shri M.S. Jadon - GA for the respondents/State.

ORDER Looking to the controversy involved in the present three writ petitions, with the consent of parties the same are heard together and are decided by this common order.

2. For convenience, the facts of writ petition No.2930/2014 are taken into consideration. All the three writ petitions are directed against the rejection of the representations of the petitioners for consideration of their names for appointment on the post of Samvida Shala Sikshak Grade III akin to the persons who were named in writ petition No.2449/2004 appended as Annexure P/5. On an advertisement dated 30.03.1998 issued by respondents, whereby applications were invited for Samvida Shala Sikshak Grade II and III for Janpad Panchayt, Bhitarwar the petitioners alongwith other persons had submitted their applications and they were duly selected and were posted as Samvida Shala Sikshaks. Herein case, the petitioner was appointed vide order dated 06.06.1996.

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3. One Gandharv Singh preferred a statutory appeal before Collector, Gwalior, challenging appointments of some persons to the post of Samvida Shala Shikshak, which was allowed vide order dated 31.03.1999, and apart from setting aside the appointment of those persons, the entire selection process was cancelled holding that members of selection committee had favoured their near relatives by awarding higher marks in interview, which was illegal, thus, directed to hold another interview in presence of Deputy Director (Education) Gwalior. The said order further was not challenged by the petitioner and after cancellation of the selection process and prior to decision of revision, fresh selections were made by duly constituted selection committee in its meeting held on 09.05.1999. Against the said order, a revision was preferred by one Gandharv Singh before the Commissioner, Gwalior Division, which was dismissed vide order dated 14.09.1999.

4. The said order was then challenged by Gandharv Singh in a writ petition No.1590/1999, wherein vide order dated 07.01.2002, the order of Collector was set aside and directions were issued to Panchayat to consider selection afresh in accordance with rules. Against the said order one Mohar Singh preferred Latest Patent Appeal and the Division Bench while disposing of the said Latest Patent Appeal held that since during the pendency of the petition before the Single Bench, Janpad Panchayat had already selected persons in its meeting held on 09.05.1999 and the proceedings of selection committee were not challenged before any forum, hence the order passed by the learned Single Judge would not affect re-selection of 11 persons in the meeting which was held on 09.05.1999. Thereafter, said Gandharv Singh and Signature Not Verified Signed by: NEETU another persons, who were not selected preferred writ petitions No.853/2004 and 2847/2004 respectively. Alongwith these two petitions, another writ petition No.2443/2004 was also preferred by Bhanwar Singh and others and all those writ petitions came to be decided vide a common order dated 31.10.2007, whereby the proceedings of selection committee dated 09.05.1999 were quashed and further directions were issued to respondent No.3 therein to convene fresh meeting of the selection committee to consider the cases afresh of the petitioners and the respondents therein for appointment on the post of Shikshakarmis in accordance with the rules prevailing at the time when the advertisement was issued and was directed that independent marks be awarded to them in accordance with their merits. The aforesaid order was challenged before the Division Bench in writ appeals No.740-42/2007, which were dismi