S.N. BHARGAVA, J.—This writ petition has been filed by 66 persons who are working as Professors/Associate Professor in various Departments of the University of Rajasthan detail whereof has been given in Schedule-A filed with the petition and it is not necessary to mention them here.

2. All the petitioners were appointed as Teachers in the cadres of Lecturers in the University of Rajasthan in different Departments. The source of recruitment for Teachers in the University of Rajasthan was direct recruitment from open market till 15-11-84 as per the Rajasthan University Teachers and Officers (Special Conditions of Service) Act, 1974. Persons who were appointed at particular posts used to continue on those particular posts for number of years for various reasons and they remained stagnant for a pretty long time. Realising this, and to avoid frustration among the teaching community, the Act of 1974 was amended by Amending Act No. 18 of 1984 published in the Rajasthan Gazette, vide notification dated 15-11-1984, by which new section (11) was added which provided for personal promotion against ex-cadre posts. It has been mentioned in Sec. 11 that Lecturers (Assistant Professor) were eligib

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