(1.) In both the writ petitions, I have heard Sri Ashok Khare, learned senior counsel, assisted by Sri Siddharth Khare, for the petitioner, the learned Standing Counsel for the state-respondents and Sri Santosh Kumar Yadav for the private respondent (Committee of Management).
(2.) As both these writ petitions raise common questions of law and fact, with the consent of learned counsel for the parties, they are being decided together by a common judgment.
(3.) For convenience and better appreciation of facts, the facts and respective arguments relating to each writ petition, have been stated under separate heading.