1. In response to advertisement notice No. PS/Secy/HME/01/2007 da ted 4lh of October, 2007, issued by respondent No. 2, inviting applications from eligible candidates for engagement on contractual basis against different posts mentioned therein. The petitioners applied for the post of IHM Doctor under the scheme of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) (hereinafter called the Scheme), under the reserved category of RBA. The number of posts of IHM doctors which were required to be filled up were 26 as mentioned in the said notification. Selection process, was initiated by the respondent authorities and accordingly a select list of IHM doctors under the Scheme came to be issued vide notification dated 28th of April, 2008. Having remained unsuccessful, the petitioners have challenged their non-selection in the present writ petition.

2. The grievance projected by the petitioners is that in terms of condition No. 10, as contained in the notification, it was categorically mentioned that the appoint­ments against the aforementioned posts were to be made in terms of the relevant recruitment rules and orders in vogue in the State Civil Services, and as such, while making the selection, the of

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