ORDER

Justice K.Haripal, Judicial Member

As common question arises for consideration, both these Original Applications were heard together and are being disposed of by this common order.

2. The applicants were appointed as Lower Division Clerks in Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, CPCRI for short, Kidu, Karnataka and Kasaragod respectively, on the basis of Annexures-A2 and A3 orders in the respective OAs. They were selected and appointed as LDCs pursuant to Annexure-A1 notification issued by the 2^nd respondent. In Annexure-A1, applications were invited for various posts in the CPCRI including four posts of LDCs. Among four posts, two were unreserved, one each was reserved for Scheduled Tribes and OBC. Out of the four posts, one post was reserved for Ex- service man. The applicant in O.A.202/2017 is an Ex-service man.

3. Applicants are aggrieved by Annexure-A4 office order dated 08.03.2017 in O.A.201/2017 which reads thus:

“In pursuance of the Proviso to sub-rule (1) of Rule 5 of the Central Civ