SURESH KUMAR KAIT, J 1. The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India impugns the validity of the recruitment notice dated 04.08.2022 issued by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Notices dated 18.08.2022 and 08.09.2022, both issued by Safdarjung Hospital. The petitioners have also challenged order dated 01.12.2022, whereby their claim for regularisation of service has been dismissed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal (‘Tribunal’).

2. The brief facts of the case, as noted in the impugned order dated 01.12.2022 passed by the learned Tribunal, are that pursuant to an Advertisement published in the Newspaper ‘ Hindustan Times ’ dated Page 2 of 12

02.05.2009, the petitioners applied for the post of Nursing Officer with the respondent-Hospital.

3. After going through the selection process, the petitioners were appointed to the post of Nursing Officer on contractual basis, which was renewed every three months. According to the petitioners, they are in continuous service for the last 14 years with the respondent. The petitioners have pleaded that they had made various representations to the respondents for regularisation of the