JUDGMENT :

1. This writ petition is filed seeking the following reliefs :

“i. To issue a writ of certiorari quashing Ext.P19 as unjust, arbitrary and illegal,

ii. To declare that the petitioners are entitled to be continued in service as Attender and Part Time Sweeper respectively at the Ayush NHM Homeopathic Dispensary, Mananthavady Municipality;

iii. To issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents 5, 6 and 7 to pass orders permitting the petitioners to continue in service as Attender and Part Time Sweeper respectively at the Ayush NHM Homeopathic Dispensary, Mananthavady Municipality;

iv. issue a writ of mandamus directing the respondents 5, 6 and 7 to refrain from inducting fresh hands in the post of Attender and Part Time Sweeper at the Ayush NHM Homeopathic Dispensary, Mananthavady Municipality.”

2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners, the learned DSGI, the learned Government Pleader as well as the learned counsel appearing for respondents 5 and 6 at considerable length.

3. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners were appointed as Attender and Part-Time Sweeper in the Ayush NHM Homeo Dispensary, Mananthavady. It is the specific