F. I. REBELLO, J.

( 1 ) RULE. Heard forthwith. It is not necessary to set out the facts in detail in view of the order to be passed. It appears from the record that the petitioner nos. 1 and 2 were appointed as Assistant teachers. They belong to non B. C. category. Petitioner Nos. 3,4 and 5 have been appointed as Shikshan Sevaks. The Petitioner No. 3 belongs to O. B. C. The Petitioner Nos. 4 and 5 to N. B. C. Their appointments were approved. Subsequently the approval was cancelled. They approached this court and the matter was remanded back for consideration. On remand, the Deputy Director of Education for the reasons set out in his order has rejected the case of the Petitioners for being treated as regularly appointed Assistant Teachers/ shikshan Sevaks.

( 2 ) THE Petitioners in Ground (c) have raised the following contentions :

"the Petitioners submit that the college has a total of 39 teachers which includes the petitioners. 16 of these teachers including one of the Petitioners belong to the reserved category. Reservation quota required to be maintained is 34%. Therefore, 13 are required to belong to reserved category out of the 39 teachers. At present however, there ar