- (1.) The appeal is admitted. Mr. Ashok Gaur advocate waives service for respondents No. 1 and 2. Mr. C. P. Sharma advocate waives service for respondent No. 3. Keeping in view the controversy involved in the writ petition, we heard and dispose of the appeal finally at this stage.
(2.) The respondents No. 1 to 3 (here-in-after referred to, 'the petitioners') applied for appointment to the post of Sanskrit Teacher pursuant to the advertisement dated 26th November, 1999 issued by the State Government through Director, Sanskrit Education (here-in-after referred to 'the Government'). The applications were invited for 269 vacant posts of Sanskrit Teachers. The advertisement provided for the eligibility for the post of Sanskrit Teacher thus : "Holding Praveshika/Senior Upadhyaya or any other equivalent Sanskrit Education Teacher Certificate recognised by the State Government from the Board of Secondary Education with English as one of the subjects."
(3.) Two notes (a) and (b) were appended thereto, Note (a) provides thus : "In Praveshika/Secondary or any equivalent examination, five subjects including Hindi, English and Mathematics are must, otherwise the candidate shall not be held eligible." Note (b) reads thus : "After acquiring higher qualification, improvement in grade/marks in lower category shall not be recognised for consideration".;