Judgment

SAWANT, J.:- The two questions raised in this appeal are:

(i) whether the employment notice issued by the respondent-University on July 27, 1984 ought to have indicated reservations postwise, and

(ii) whether, assuming that the said notice was invalid the termination of services of the appellants on April 21, 1987 was valid?

2. The University issued the employment notice in question inviting applications for a total of 77 posts which included 13 posts of Professors, 29 posts of Readers and 35 posts of Lecturers in different subjects ranging from Economics, Politics and Sociology to Physics, Pharmacy and Geology. The notice mentioned total number of reservations categorywise but not subjectiwise as follows:

Professors - Scheduled Castes-3, Scheduled Tribes-2 and VJ/ NT- 1

Readers - Scheduled Castes-6, Scheduled Tribes-4 and VJ/ NT-2

Lecturers - Scheduled Castes-7, Scheduled Tribes-5 and VJ/ NT-4.

A number of applications were received for the posts from candidates including the petitioners belonging to both reserved and non reserved castes for all the three categories of posts, viz., Professors, Readers and Lecturers. This advertisement was corrected by corrigendum of February 1