JUDGMENT :

Soumitra Saikia, J.

This appeal is directed against the common Judgment and Order dated 16.11.2016 passed in a bunch of writ petitions in which W.P(C) No. 843/2016 was the lead case.

2. The present appeal is, however, filed by the five appellants who had jointly filed W.P.(C) No. 848/2016. The facts as noticed from the pleadings are that the appellants had been engaged as Anganwadi Workers in ICDS Project in the District of Nagaon. The appellants assailed the selection process by which selections were made available for appointments/promotions for 284 posts of Supervisors constituting 25% of reserved quota for in-service Anganwadi Workers employed under the Social Welfare Department.

The appellant No. 1 was engaged as Anganwadi worker in Khagarijan ICDS Project, Nagaon, vide office order dated 17.05.1995 issued by respondent No. 5 and her date of joining was 25.05.1995.

The appellant No. 2 was engaged as Anganwadi Worker in Khagarijan ICDS Project vide office order dated 20.02.1995 issued by respondent No. 5 and her date of joining was 20.02.1995.

The appellant No. 3 belongs to the Scheduled Tribe (Plain) Lalung Community and she was engaged as Anganwadi Worker in Khagarijan I