( 1 ) HAVING failed before the learned single Judge to get any relief in the writ petition filed by them, the appellants have preferred the present special appeal.

( 2 ) ACCORDING to the case set up in the writ petition, the appellant Nos. 1 to 27 completed their apprenticeship training of lineman while appellant Nos. 28 to 50 completed their apprenticeship training as sub-station operator. In January 1999. an advertisement was issued by the U. P. State electricity Board (for short, the UPSEB) inviting applications for the post of lineman. sub-station operator (technical grade-II) and labour. The advertisement (Annexure-110 to the writ petition) laid down that the applicants should be registered with employment exchange and. for the purpose of selection, a written examination will be held. The appellants claim that in pursuance to the advertisement, they made applications for the posts in question. The main grievance of the appellants is that having undergone apprenticeship training, the requirement regarding registration with employment exchange and competing in the written test ought not to have been there. The principal relief claimed in the writ petition was th