JUDGMENT :

HEMANT GUPTA, J.

1. This judgment shall dispose of two sets of appeals, one by the State arising out of an order dated July 12, 2011 passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Judicature at Patna (for short ‘High Court’) whereby, the appeals filed by the State were dismissed directed against the order passed by the learned Single Judge on October 6, 2009 and another set of appeals arising out of an order passed by the Division Bench of the High Court on September 24, 2014 whereby the order passed by the learned single Bench on October 6, 2009 was set aside. Some other Appeals are also on board against the orders passed by the High Court on other dates.

2. Since the issue in the appeals is common arising out of same or similar facts, therefore, such appeals have been taken up for hearing together.

3. Brief facts leading to the present appeals are that large number of candidates were appointed against Class III or Class IV posts in the Health Department in Government of Bihar till 1990 or so. The services of such employees were terminated which led to number of writ