1O. P. No. 1869 of 1088 is by one petitioner and O. P. No. 2563 of 1988 is by 6 petitioners. The facts leading to the filing of these two original petitions are the same, the petitioners being persons appointed as Junior Clerks in the first respondent, which is a cooperative society of employees of the Indian Space Research Organisation, Trivandrum. I shall state the facts in O. P. No. 2563/88 inasmuch as the counter affidavit of the first respondent society is filed therein.

2 The first respondent society invited applications for the post of Junior Clerks as per a notification dated 13-5-1986. The petitioners were qualified for the post and applied for the same. The written test was conducted on 9-8-1986. The second respondent Joint Registrar was in charge of the conduct of the test, a fact which is not denied in the counter affidavit. The question papers were set, examination conducted and the papers valued by the second respondent. The petitioners were called for interview on 29-12-1986. They were selected and were appointed to the post on 19-3-1987.

3 The society is litigation prone and its affairs have led to a good crop of litigation in this court. The reason appears to be the

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