ABRYANKAR J. - By this petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution the petitioners pray that the order dated 11th May 1966 appointing the second respondent Shri S. S. Ghisad, as an Executive Engineer, be quashed, and that the second respondent be restrained from acting as Executive Engineer of the first respondent. Petitioner No. 1 is an association of Engineers employed by the first respondent i. e. the Maharashtra State Electricity Board. The second and the third petitioners are employees of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board and also members of the Association. The first respondent, the Maharashtra State Electricity Board is a statutory corporation constituted under the Electricity Supply Act, 1948 (Central Act No. 54 of 1948). The first respondent issued an advertisement in newspapers, inviting applications for the post of Executive Engineers (E and M) in the Board. Annexure A to the petition is a copy of that advertisement. The advertisement was in respect of several posts to be filled including that of Executive Engineers (E and M). Applications were to be made on or before 10th December 1965. In the advertisement calling applications for the post of