( 1 ) THE petitioners who are 18 in number in the present two writ petitions, alongwith others had appeared in regular selection for the recruitment to Class III post in the Judgeship of Fatehpur. The recruitment was held in accordance with the provisions of the Subordinate Civil Courts ministerial Establishment Rules, 1947 (hereinafter referred to as the Rules of 1947) as well as the Rules for the Recruitment of Ministerial Staff to the Subordinate Offices, 1950. A select list of the approved candidates for the year 1991 was prepared and approved by the then District judge on l9-1-1991. The names of all the 18 petitioners find place in the said approved list, a copy of which is Annexure-1 to the writ petitions. The candidates listed at S1. Nos. 1 to 16 have already been appointed against various vacancies which occurred in Fatehpur Judgeship and some of them have been transferred to other districts.

( 2 ) THE case of the petitioners is that they have been offered temporary appointment on different dates in the year 1991 in leave vacancies and have worked from time to time, as and when vacancies arose, till November, 1994. Since then the petitioners are out of employ