( 1 ) 55 writ petitioners came before this Court being prompted by the order of the Division Bench passed in appeal where similarly circumstanced candidates were given relief by this Court.

( 2 ) THE principal grievance on which the writ petitioners prayed for redressal has been summarised in paragraph 41 of the writ petition which is quoted below:"an and by way of recording a notorious fact in the subject, your petitioners may mention that on 11. 10. 1980 was Saturday, the officials of the President, Ad-hoc Committee, prepared the appointment letters of 1965 candidates out of which only 600 trained candidates were included and after the preparation of the appointment letters, the President, Ad-hoc Committee, i. e. the appointing authority had put his signatures on the appointment letters, the same were distributed at the residence of those candidates from Sunday evening to Monday morning. The appointment letters had not even been posted and all the candidates got their appointment letters at their residence. The next very day, i. e. on Monday, the 15th October, 1980, 1965 candidates went to their respective school with the letter of appointment for joining. Th