J. CHELAMESWAR, GODA RAGHURAM, JJ, J.

( 1 ) WE have had the benefit of perusing the painstaking and meticulously crafted judgment of our learned brother Hon ble Mr. Justice V. V. S. Rao. We agree with the OPERATIVE conclusion that the appointments of over 200 candidates (party respondents) ought not to be invalidated as these persons having been appointed as Lecturers/readers have continued as such for over a decade, have settled down, got married, begot children and are now of an age disabling them from securing alternative employment. Some of these persons had already resigned, some have retired, some have died and the dependents of those who have died are also being given pension. If at this stage their initial appointments are declared invalid the social costs in terms of human misery and individual privations would be incalculable. Besides, for the resultant vacancies the petitioners may either be not interested in applying at this distant point of time, may not be able to compete or may not derive an advantage in terms of career opportunities commensurate with the misery and hardship that would be caused by the invalidation of appointments already made. For the reasons recorde

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