By the Court.—We have heard Shri P.S. Baghel, Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Gautam Baghel and Shri Rajiv Mishra for the petitioners. Shri S.G. Hasnain, Additional Advocate General assisted by Shri Pankaj Saxena, Standing Counsel appears for the State respondents. Shri H.N. Singh appears for U.P. Higher Education Service Commission. Shri B.D. Mandhyan, Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Satish Mandhyan; Shri Ashok Khare, Senior Advocate assisted by Shri V.K. Singh and Shri Shailendra have appeared for the newly impleaded private respondents.

2. All the petitioners are serving as honorary Lecturers in the aided Degree Colleges in the State of Uttar Pradesh affiliated to the respective Universities under the U.P. State Universities Act, 1973. They were appointed under a Scheme provided in the Government Order dated 7.4.1998, by the Committees of Management of the respective Colleges after advertisement and selection by the Selection Committees for one academic session at a time, until joining of the regularly selected candidates, whichever is earlier. Most of these teachers working on honorarium have obtained interim orders from this Court to continue till the joining of the