(1.) Heard learned counsel for the parties.
(2.) As both the writ petitions relate to the same selection and involve same facts and issues they are being decided by a common judgment. The facts of Writ Petition No. 326(SS) of 2016 have been considered for the sake of convenience.
(3.) The candidates who had applied for being considered for selection and appointment on the post of Assistant Teacher of Primary Schools in District Faizabad in pursuance to an advertisement issued on 12.12.2014 have filed this writ petition challenging the Government Order dated 18.12.2015 extending the last date for submission of forms for the remaining candidates to 15.01.2016.