1. Petitioner challenges the list of candidates selected for appointment to the post of Lecturers .in Chemistry vide its No; PSC/PAS-84/450-51 dated 13-6-1984 by the respondent No 2 in so for as it relates to the selection of respondents 3 to 7 and order of the Govt. dated 20-7-1984 appointing these respondents as Lecturers in Chemistry. A writ of mandamus is sought directing the respondent No; 2 to include the name of the petitioner in the list of the selected candidates and appointment is claimed retrospectively with effect from 20-7-1984.

2. Petitioner has asserted in this petition that he had passed M SC. (Chemistry) securing 57.9% marks. He was selected by the University Grants Commission for grant of fellowship for Doctorate in Chemistry. Petitioner obtained Ph. D in Chemistry & the subject which the offered for thesis was ˜Analytical application of some polyphone™s™ After obtaining Ph.D, petitioner is said to have been appointed Lecturer in Chemistry on adhoc basis, details where of are given in para 3 of the petition. In response to the advertisement notice, petitioner as also respondents 3 to 7 submitted applications for the post of Lecturers. It contended that respondents

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