ORDER

1. This special leave petition relates to recruitment of Assistant Teachers in Elementary/Primary Schools in the State of Bihar. The said recruitment was made on the basis of an advertisement issued on 8-10-1991. The petitioners in this special leave petition are persons who possess teaching qualifications obtained from Government/Private Teachers Training Institutions. They had filed a writ petition in the High Court assailing the process of selection by the Bihar Public Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as "the Commission"). The grievance was that the selection was made on districtwise basis and the persons who had applied from a particular district were treated as applicants and aspirants for appointment to the posts in that particular district only. The said writ petition has been disposed of by the High Court by the impugned judgment dated 26-9-1996. The High Court has held that the eligible candidates have a right of consideration for their appointment in any one or other district cadre of Assistant Teachers and the State could not force a person to confine his application for a particular district cadre at the time of application. But keeping in view the fact