1. We heard Mr. Mritunjay Prasad Singh No. 2, counsel for the petitioners and Mr. S. K. Ghosh, A.A.G. II, for the respondent State.

2. In the writ petition, the petitioners raised grievance relating to their appointment to the post of Auxiliary Nurses Midwife. This Court directed the concerned authority to consider the case of the petitioners for appointment in the light of the direction issued in the case of Sudha Kumari.

3. The matter was considered thus:

"Learned counsel for the petitioners reiied upon a judgment of this court in the case of Sudha Kumari and Others V/s. State of Bihar and Others, C.W.J.C. No.6870 of 1996, and other batch cases), disposed of on 25.7.1997.

In the case of Sudha Kumari (supra), this court held that in the cases where advertisements have been issued for appointment prior to coming into force of the aforesaid resolution dated 10.6.1996, the procedure for selection, as was existing at the time of advertisement or initiation of the process of selection, shall be followed. In other words, if the appointment is to be made on the basis of marks obtained by the candidates in the relevant examination/ interview/written test, the same mode will be app