IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA. CWP No. 2006 of 2011 & connected matters. Decided on: May 16, 2011. 1. CWP No. 2006 of 2011 Meena Devi. Versus The Principal Secretary (Elementary Education) & ors. 2. CWP No. 2007 of 2011 Suman Bala. Versus The Principal Secretary (Elementary Education) & ors. 3. CWP No. 2008 of 2011 Ajit Singh. Versus The Principal Secretary (Elementary Education) & ors. 4. CWP No. 2009 of 2011 Ram Kumar. Versus The Principal Secretary (Elementary Education) & ors. 5. CWP No. 2406 of 2011 Prithi Pal. Versus The Principal Secretary (Elementary Education) & ors. 6. CWP No. 2407 of 2011 Sumresh Kumari. Versus The Principal Secretary (Elementary Education) & ors. 7. CWP No. 2408 of 2011 Parveen Singh. Versus The Principal Secretary (Elementary Education) & ors. 8. CWP No. 2409 of 2011 Kiran Bala. Versus The Principal Secretary (Elementary Education) & ors. Coram The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sanjay Karol, Judge. For the petitioners: Ms. Suman Thakur, Advocate. For the Respondents: Mr. Ankush Dass Sood, Addl.AG and Mr. J.K. Verma, Dy. AG. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Justice Kurian Joseph, C.J. (Oral) The petitioners in all these cases are desirous for being considered for the vacancies in the post of Language teachers. They apprehend that in view of the amendment in the R & P Rules and since they do not possess the qualifications as per the amendment in the R & P Rules, they will not be 2 considered either for direct recruitment or batch wise recruitment. Learned Deputy Advocate General has made available two communications dated February, 2011 received from the Director, Directorate of Elementary Education, H.P. Shimla, which are taken on record. It is seen from the above two communications that only requirement is that the candidates should obtain the qualifications as per the amended rules within five years, in case they are recruited. Therefore, these writ petitions are disposed of directing the Deputy Director concerned to consider the applications filed by the petitioners for batch- wise recruitment in case they are due in the turn to be considered for the recruitment. Needless to say that the applications for direct recruitment as and when notified will also be received and processed in accordance with law. 3. The writ petitions are disposed of, so also the pending application(s), if any. Copy Dasti. (Justice Kurian Joseph), Chief Justice. May 16, 2011. ( Justice Sanjay Karol ), (vs) Judge.