( 1 ) THIS group of petitions are filed in the matter of appointment on the post of Lecturers in government colleges invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 in special reference to Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. Scope of further division of these group matters is positively there on set of facts, but notionally it can be said that these petitions are moved by two rival groups viz one group is of candidates who are selected by Gujarat Public Service Commission ("gpsc" for short) for the post of Lecturer awaiting appointment. Another group is of those Lecturers who have been appointed as Lecturers on an adhoc basis till regularly selected candidates by GPSC are made available. Those petitioners who have been selected by GPSC for the post of Lecturers have prayed for a writ of mandamus for issuance of directions to the Government to appoint them on the post of Lecturers. The other group is of Lecturers already appointed on adhoc basis and are working as Lecturers in various government colleges in State of Gujarat. This second group viz. Lecturers appointed on ad hoc basis, can be further divided in sub-groups. Some of the Lecturers at