JUDGMENT

A. K. PARICHHA, J. : The above noted three writ petitions are taken up together for final disposal by this common order as the subject matter in all the writ petitions is same and common questions of law and facts are involved in all the cases.

2. The case of petitioners as noted in the writ petitions can be summarized as follows :

On 4th of May, 1992 the District & Sessions Judge, Sambal¬pur, Opp.party No.1 invited applications from the candidates to fill up 2 posts of Junior Clerks and 4 posts of Junior Typists lying vacant in the judgeship and to draw up a waiting list for the posts of Junior Clerks and Junior Typists to be filled up as and when vacancy arises. Out of the advertised posts, two posts of Junior Clerks and two posts of Junior Typists were meant for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates only. Pursuant to such advertisement, petitioners and many others applied and faced a written test conducted by opp.party No. 1 on 30th April, 1995 in the Civil Court premises, Sambalpur. Some of the candidates including the petitioners who were successful in the written test were called for viva voce test and finally a list of successful candidates in order of meri