( 1. ) PETITIONERS are foursome. They have joined hands to come to this Court with the common grievance. Indeed, they were given the final marching orders from the same Office on the same day, on 6-4-1986.

( 2. ) ALL of them sail in the same boat for several reasons. They are duly qualified to be appointed as Lower Division Clerks. They have all passed the Higher Secondary examination. Two petitioners - Brij Kishore Sharma and Avadh Kishore Dubey -have also passed Hindi Typing Examination. All of them, however, have been serving in the same Divisional Office of Public Works Department under the Executive Engineer, chambal Ayakat Circle, Gwalior. They started working respectively in the said Office on 1-2-1980, 1-2-1982, 1-6-1982 and 1-7-1982. These facts appear in Annexure P/2 which came to be forwarded by the second respondent, the Executive Engineer, aforesaid, with his letter dated 5-9-1985 to the Superintending Engineer of the same Department and Division. However, what further appears therein is also noteworthy. What duties the petitioners were severally discharging are also noted besides the remarks that their work was satisfactory. Two of the petitioners, namely, Br