JUDGMENT

H.K. Sema, J. — Delay condoned in SLP (C) Nos.24710 and 24189 of 2002 and leave granted.

2. I.A.Nos. 3-4 of 2001 for impleadment and I.A.Nos.7-8 of 2004 for intervention in C.A.No. 5765-5766 of 2002 are rejected.

3. These bunch of appeals raise a common question of fact and law and as such they are being disposed of by this common judgment. For the sake of brevity we are taking the facts from Civil Appeal No. 5757-5759 of 2002.

4. The facts are cumbersome. Avoiding prolixity few facts are recited. The whole controversy revolves around the selection made by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as the UPPSC) for the Medical Officers of Homeopathy.

5. Pursuant to the advertisement dated 22.3.1986 and a corrigendum dated 14.11.1987, 390 posts were advertised to be filled up by the Homeopathic Medical Officers through UPPSC. Alongwith others respondents also applied for the posts for which the interview was held on 23.10.1990. The appointments were to be made on the basis of oral interview and also the marks to be awarded on the qualifications of each candidate.

6. It is stated that the respondents possess the Bachelor Degree of Homeopathic Medic