JUDGMENT

K. RAMASWAMY, J. :- Leave granted.

2. These appeals arise from the order of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal dated November 5, 1993 made in O.A. Nos. 36875 of 1990 and batch. The appellants were temporarily appointed between March 6, to August 19, 1980 under R. 10(a)(i)(1) of the Andhra Pradesh State and Subordinate Services Rules (for short the Rules) by the Chief Engineer to the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat Raj Engineering Service as Assistant Executive Engineer (Jr. Engineer, as the nomenclature then stood). The A. P. Public Service Commission, (for short the PSC) issued notification in 1981 inviting applications for direct recruitment to the posts of Assistant Executive Engineers. Candidates including those appointed with appellants (for short temporary appointees) had applied for and had taken the written tests and had become eligible for interview, were interviewed between February 18, 1982 and March 9, 1982. In the meanwhile, some supervening events occurred, namely, the candidates who had applied for direct recruitment notified in the year 1978 had approached this Court and assailed the direction given by the Administrative Tribunal to the State Government to