Judgment

K. RAMASWAMY, J.:- In S.L.P. (C) Nos. 16496-502/93 the delay is condoned. Special leave is granted in all the cases. The appeals arise from the common judgment dated May 13, 1993 of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, in LPA No.76/90 and batch.

2. Dr. Narinder Mohan (R.1) and Dr. Tariq Parvex (R.2), were appointed as Lecturers on December 12,1986 and January 21, 1987, respectively. Dr. Jatinder Singh, Dr. K. Mengi, Dr. J. P. Singh, R.3 to 5, were appointed in the same year 1986 and Dr. Bharat Bhushan Gupta (R.6) was appointed on May 12,1988. All their appointments were on ad hoc basis in different disciplines of Medical Education. The Government relaxed the rules of recruitment and appointed on regular basis the respondents Nos. I and 2 on September 19, 1988 and May 16, 1989 respectively. Their appointments and of the respondents 3 to 6 were challenged in several writ petitions by Dr. Vinay Rampal, appellant in CA .... ./93 (arising out of SLP 13043/93) and others. For regular recruitment when applications were invited, the recruitment also came to be challenged. The respondents in turn filed writ petitions for directions to regularise their services. The learned single Judge