( 1 ) PETITIONER; are Gate Clerks working with respondent No. 1 Committee who were appointed on ad hoc and temporary basis. Their services are terminated since the appointment on the post is to be made in accordance with the provisions of Recruitment Rules. Petitioners challenge the order of termination and in substance claim Deny entry to all others who may stand in queue seeking entry through regular gate and protect our occupation of the seat which we have occupied without going through selection process. Can such a claim be entertained in a petition under Art. 226 be the Constitution of India ? Shorn of all verbosity and legal niceties this in short is the question to be examined in these petitions. 1/a. As common questions of law and facts arise at the request of and with the consent of the parties all the three petitions are being disposed of by common judgment and order.

( 2 ) EACH of the petitioner has been appointed as Gate Clerk on ad hoc basis by respondent No. 1 Agricultural Produce Market Committee Kalavad (hereinafter referred to as the Committee. Sometime in the year 1981-82 there was audit objection pointing out that respondent No. 1 Committee should