(1.) THIS bunch of writ petitions can be conveniently heard and disposed of together as they involve identical questions of fact and law. The cases decided by this judgment are mentioned in the Schedule attached to this order.
(2.) FACTS giving rise to these petitions stated briefly are that advertisement was issued by various Zila Parishads for recruitment to Grade III Teacher in the Zila Parishads. The advertisement was duly published in the local news paper. It stipulates the number of vacancies, the qualifications, the eligibility conditions etc. and it pertained to recruitment for the year 1998. The educational qualification required by the advertisement was Higher Secondary School Certificate or equiva-lent with subjects of Mathematics, English and Hindi and B. S. T. C. qualification. The advertisement published in vernacular reads thus:-
(3.) SECTION 17 of the Act of 1993 provides for consequences in the event of not recognition or denial of recognition by the Council under the provisions of the Act of 1993. One of the consequences of such denial of recognition was failure to obtain recognition is that a person holding any qualification or certificate from such unrecognised institution will not be entitled to employment as a Teacher anywhere after the commencement of the Act of 1993.