( 1 ) THE petitioner, a Post-Graduate (M. A. Economics) from the Andhra university, applied and was selected to the post of Junior Lecturer in the government Colleges in Zone II pursuant to the notification No. 9/83 issued by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission on April 20, 1983 inviting applications to recruit 1372 Junior Lecturers (to fill substantive vacancies by direct recrnitment ). In Zone II, comprising of East Godavari, West godavari and Krishna Districts, eleven posts of males and one post for women in Economics were ear-marked by direct recruitment. It is an admitted fact that the petitioner was 13th among the 15 candidates and the sole woman candidate selected and was forwarded to the Government for appointment. On October 10, 1984, a communication in this regard was also sent to the selected candidates. The Government accepted and in their memo No. 3078-VI/84-I, Education, dated August 22, 1984 communicated to the Director of Higher Education the said list of 15 candidates and directed to appoint them as Junior Lecturers in Economics in Zone II. The director in his proceedings No. 4217 dated September 26. 1984, in turn, communicated to the resp