JUDGMENT

Dr. B.R. Sarangi, J. - The petitioners, who are working as Multipurpose Health Worker (Male), have filed this writ petition seeking to quash the order dated 27.11.2020 under Annexure-14, whereby the orders antedating the regularization of the petitioners have been cancelled in pursuance of the orders passed by the Odisha Administrative Tribunal in different Original Applications.

2. The factual matrix of the case, in hand, is that an advertisement was issued in the year 2006 by the Chief District Medical Officer (C.D.M.O.), Nayagarh vide Annexure-1 for engagement of contractual daily wage staff under the Health and Family Welfare (H&FW) Department in Nayagarh district in different posts, which includes the post of Multipurpose Health Worker (Male) [for short 'MPHW (M)']. It was stipulated in the advertisement that the candidates must have passed HSC examination, besides other conditions, such as, the candidates of Nayagarh district would be given preference for appointment and such appointment would be purely temporary and may be terminated at anytime without assigning any reason thereof. The selected candidates were to submit an undertaking to the effect that they would not