(1.) This common judgment shall govern the disposal of C.A. No. 6750/1999, C.A. No. 6751/1999, C.A. No. 6752/1999, C.A. No. 6752/1999 and C.W.P. No. 356/1999 filed in this Court.
(2.) Vide advertisement dated 12-1-1996, the Departmental Selection Committee (Teaching), Education Department, Punjab invited applications for appointment of 3025 teachers. The relevant part of the notification is extracted and reproduced hereunder :-
(3.) On 7th October, 1996 a corrigendum was issued whereby the upper age limit was increased to 42 years as on 1-1-1996. The corrigendum read as under :-