(1.) Heard. Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith in both the matters.
(2.) Learned AGP and the learned advocates for the respective respondents waive service. At the joint request of the parties, both the matters have been heard together since they are putting up a challenge to the common judgment and order of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, bench at Aurangabad dtd. 10/5/2024 in Original Application nos. 1120 of 2023 and 145 of 2024 with Miscellaneous Application no. 87 of 2024.
(3.) The issue arises out of the advertisement published by the Directorate of Vocational Education and Training, dtd. 17/8/2022 for filling in 1457 posts of Craft Instructors in the Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) across the state, in respect of 48 different trades.