( 1 ) IN view of the principle question of law and the reliefs being one and the same, in all these petitions, they were heard together and disposed of by this common order.

( 2 ) WRIT petition nos. 9357 of 1996, 10750 of 1996, 10630 of 1996 and 11374 of 1996 are originally filed for quashing the notification dated March 13, 1996 issued by the director of jayadeva institute of cardiology, the first respondent in all these petitions, inviting applications for the posts of assistant professors in various subjects and for a writ of mandamus directing the respondent to consider the case of the petitioners for promotion and to prohibit the respondent to resort to appointment to those posts by direct recruitment.

( 3 ) WRIT petition No. 36710 of 1995 is filed for a writ of mandamus to consider the case of the petitioner for promotion from the post of lecturer to that of an assistant professor in cardiology as per the cadre and recruitment rules produced at Annexure-A and the decision of the sub-committee as per annexure-b.

( 4 ) WRIT petition nos. 27104 and 27105 of 1993 are filed for a writ of mandamus directing the respondent 1 to promote the petitioners to the vacan