JUDGMENT :

B.R. Sarangi, J.

1. The petitioners, who are qualified and trained health workers (female), by way of this writ petition, seek to quash the order dated 30.04.2010 passed by opposite party no 2-Chief District Medical Officer (CDMO), Sundergarh in Annexure-3, by which they have been terminated from their contractual engagement w.e.f. the date of passing of the order. They further seek direction to the opposite parties not to fill up of the posts of Additional Health Worker (Female) under the CDMO, Sundergarh, as per fresh advertisement issued under Anriexure-5, and allow them to continue in their respective posts as before.

2. The factual matrix of the case, in hand, is that Zilla Swasthya Samiti, Sundargarh issued an advertisement under Annexure-1, inviting applications from suitable candidates for filling up of the posts of Additional ANM in Sundargarh district on contractual basis under NRHM, Orissa. The petitioners, having satisfied eligibility criteria, applied for the said posts, along with all documents, in prescribed forms to opposite party no. 2-CDMO, Sundargarh. After due verification of the required documents, the petitioners were selected and letters of appointmen