Judgement

K. RAMASWAMY,J. :- Leave granted.

2. This bunch of appeals pertains to 1363 employees, viz., Clerks (Class III) and Attendants (Class IV). All the cases arise from judgments of Division Bench of the Patna High Court dated May 6, 1994 in C.W.J.C. No. 5163/93 and batch. The principal villain behind the scene is one Dr. A. A. Mallick, Deputy Director, Health Department of the Government of Bihar, in charge of Tuberculosis. He was Director of the Tuberculosis Centre at Patna. Eradication of Tuberculosis was taken up as a part of 20-Point Programme in Planned Expenditure. The activities in the Tuberculosis Centre at Patna were extended to various districts. Since Mallick happened to be the Director of the Centre, he was made Deputy Director of the Scheme. The Government had also issued directions to the District Medical Officers to abide by the instructions of Mallick in implementation of the programme. He was made the Chairman of the Selection Committee constituted by the Government consisting of himself, Assistant Director of Filaria and the senior officer representing Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes to recruit 2250 posts of Class III and Class IV employees created to implem