Balakrishnan Nair, J.

The point that arises for decision in this case is whether an Employment Exchange hand appointed for 179 days to the post of Cook, which is a post borne on the Kerala Last Grade Service, can claim that her appointment should be treated as regular, on the ground that one of the methods of appointment specified in the Special Rules for the said post is recruitment through Employment Exchange.

2. The brief facts of the case are the following. The appellant was a candidate waiting in the queue for employment, after having registered herself with the District Employment Exchange, Kottayam. She submits, after waiting for 25 years, she was sponsored by the Employment Exchange along with a few others for appointment to the post of Cook in the Old Age Home, Ithithanam, Kottayam. The candidates sponsored by the Employment Exchange were interviewed and the appellant was selected and appointed by the 1st respondent, who is the Superintendent of the Old Age Home, by Ext.P1 order dated 6.2005, on provisional basis for a period of 179 days, in the post of Cook. Her appointment was approved by the 2nd respondent, who is the Head of the Department, by Ext.P2 communi