1. By this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners; first three petitioners falling in the General Category candidates and the fourth being the OBC Category candidate; seek the relief that they should be given appointment letters appointing them to the posts of Manager (Electronics) with the respondent no.1, inasmuch as petitioners were in the waiting list panel prepared with respect to the successful candidates, and that out of 87 candidates who were issued appointment letters, in the General Category only 65 candidates had joined leaving 22 vacancies unfilled/existing, and in the OBC Category out of 46 candidates only 34 joined leaving 12 vacancies unfilled/existing. The petitioners state that since they fell within that waiting list of candidates they had to be issued the appointment letters on account of the fact that only 65 out of 87 persons in the General Category joined and only 34 persons out of 46 persons in the OBC Category joined the service pursuant to the appointment letters issued. In sum and substance, what the petitioners claim is that the first three petitioners are entitled to the appointment letters in the