Petitioners in OP 8743/98 and 22212/97 and the appellants in WA 520/98 will be sent numberices and if they respond to the said numberice they may also be companysidered for appointment among the 50 persons on daily wages basis.
By an order dated 18th March, 1999 the Division Bench granted the University permission to engage purely on daily wages basis 40 to 50 Assistants on work need basis.
The selection was made after a written test and interviews and a rank list was prepared on 25th October 1995.
The appellants had been selected pursuant to a numberification issued on 1st November 1991 inviting applications for preparation of a panel for appointment as Assistants Grade II in the University.
The appellants claim is that the rank list should have been operative for a period of three years and that the respondents were bound to appoint them to vacancies which had arisen within that period.
Pursuant to this order, the appellants were served numberices by the University and were appointed on daily wage basis.
These appellants challenged the order of the Single Judge by filing an appeal before the Division Bench of the High Court.
Not being satisfied, the appellants impugned the decision of the High Court before this Court by way of separate special leave petitions.
The appellants in CA 4906/2000 challenged the action of the University in curtailing the period of the validity of the rank list to two years before the High Court of Kerala by filing a writ petition.
The University filed an application in the pending proceedings for permission to engage 40 to 50 assistants on a provisional basis for three months to meet the exigencies of work arising in companynection with the annual examination.
Leave was granted by this Court on 4th September, 2000 and the status quo was directed to companytinue until further orders.
It goes without saying that they have the right to appear at the requisite test and interview so that the question of giving credit for the services rendered by them and relaxation of age can be companysidered by the University.
With A. NOS.
4904/ 2000, 4905/2000, 4906/2000 J U D G M E N T RUMA PAL, J The appellants in the several appeals, seek to assail the cancellation of a rank list prepared for the post of Assistant Grade II by the University of Calicut, the respondent No.1 before us.
