JUDGMENT :

S.N. Phukan, C.J. - In all thase seven writ petitions filed under Arts. 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, the facts and the point of law involved are the same and similar. Therefore, all of them are disposed of by this common judgment and order.

2. For the purpose of convenience, we state the facts of OJC No. 632 of 1996. The following facts are not disputed :

The Registrar (Judicial) of this Court issued notice dated 17-7-1991 inviting applications from candidates for filling up some posts of Junior Assistant in the Registry of this Court. The said notice is available at Anriexure-A/2 to' the. counter filed on behalf of the Registrar. Pursuant to the said notice, all the petitioners submitted applications and appeared in the written test as well as viva voce test. Thereafter a select list was prepared, a part of which has also been annexed as Annexure-B/2 to the aforesaid counter. The names of all the petitioners appear in the said select list. Considering the position of the petitioners in the select list, they were not offered appointment in the post of Junior Assistant. It may be stated that an undertaking was also taken from the petitioners that if all the post