( 1 ) THIS mandamus-appeal is at the instance of unsuccessful writ petitioners and is directed against the order dated July 5, 2002 passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court thereby dismissing the writ application filed by the appellants. In the said writ application, the writ petitioners challenged the order dated 17th May, 2000 passed by the District inspector of Schools (SE), Midnapore, by which the said District Inspector of schools dismissed the representation of the appellants for the approval of their appointments in the concerned school as organizer-staff.

( 2 ) THE facts leading to the filing of the present mandamus-appeal may be summed up thus: - (a) The writ petitioners are eight in number. The petitioner No. 1 claimed to be the organizer-Headmaster, the petitioner Nos. 2 to 6 as organizer-teachers, the petitioner No. 7 as organizer-clerk and the petitioner No. 8 as organizer Class-IV staff of one Sardiha Anchalik Junior high School, Village-Baharakotha, P. S.-Jhargram, District-Midnapore (hereinafter referred to as the concerned school ). According to the writ petitioners, the said school had been functioning continuously with effect from