T. N. C. RANGA RAJAN, J.

( 1 ) THE petitioners in this Writ Petition seek regularisation of their services. The 1st respondent is a Society registered under the Societies Registration Act, admittedly a wing of the Central Government. It had advertised for the posts of Project Scientists, the minimum qualification being M. Sc. or M. A. in the relevant subject. The post was purely temporary for a period of one year against a Project and carried a consolidated monthly salary. The petitioners applied for the posts. The 1st petitioner was appointed on 4-9-1991 and the 2nd petitioner on 4-8-1991 as Project Scientists (Geography ). Their term was extended for a further period of one year and subsequent extensions were given. Later, on 6-6-1994, they were appointed on contract basis with periodical extensions upto 2-12-1995 in the case of the 1st petitioner and upto 30-11-1995 in the case of the 2nd petitioner. The petitioners claim that conversion of the jobs into a contract was only a camouflage for the purpose of defeating the claim of the petitioners for regularisation. The petitioners, therefore, filed the Writ Petition seeking a direction to the respondents to absorb them in regular v

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