JUDGMENT :

A.K. Sikri. J.

In these appeals, challenge is laid to the judgment dated March 25, 2015 passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of judicature at Hyderabad, whereby two writ petitions filed by the respondents herein have been allowed. There are, in all, four persons who had filed these two writ petitions and who are appointed as Additional District and Session Judges in the erstwhile State of Andhra Pradesh (now States of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana) as Adhoc Fast Track Court District Judges.

2. The issue of appointment of such Adhoc Judges came up for consideration before this Court in Brij Mohan Lal v. Union of India & Ors., (2012) 6 SCC 502 whereby this Court prescribed the modalities and procedure to be undertaken for absorption of such Judges on regular basis. It included qualifying test as well as viva voce test. Pursuant to these directions, the appellant herein, namely, High Court held the qualifying examination and also conducted interviews. These four persons (hereinafter referred to as the 'respondents') were considered not qualified for absorption on