(1.) Since common issues are involved in all these writ petitions, they were heard together and they are disposed of by means of this common order.
(2.) The common facts involved in all these writ petitions are as follows:
(3.) In pursuance of the said provision, the Central Government authorised the "National Council for Teacher Education" (hereinafter referred to as "NCTE") as the Academic Authority empowering it to lay down the minimum qualifications for appointment as teacher. The NCTE, in turn, issued a notification (vide F.No.61-03/20/2010/NCTE (N&S), dated 23.08.2010) laying down the following minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher in Class 1 to VIII.