Interviews of about 1000 persons were companyducted on 12/13.05.1997.
The companytention of the respondents herein that they were entitled to be regularized in services was number a matter which had a direct nexus with the order of termination of their services passed by the State.
The State did number prefer any appeal thereagainst.
1 to 3 to appoint the petitioner as Class IV employees in the civil hospital, Nawanshahr.
Out of the said 9000 candidates, 1000 candidates were interviewed.
The entire selection process as well as the selection of the said respondents were questioned, inter alia, on the ground that their names were recommended by one or the other influential persons or they had otherwise access to the Civil Surgeon companycerned.
The Special Leave Petition dismissed.
On or about 07.05.1997, the Civil Surgeon, Nawanshahr issued an advertisement in New Zamana, Jalandhar, inviting applications for the following 31 posts Ward Servant 15 Sweeper 08 Mali 02 Cook 04 Aaya 01 Dental Attendant 01 A large number of candidates being more than 9000 applied for appointments in the said posts pursuant to or in furtherance of the said advertisement.
A Division Bench of the High Court allowed the said writ petitions holding that the services of the respondents herein should have been regularized purported to be under the Government instructions dated 18.01.1995, whereby and whereunder the services of ad hoc Class IV employees were to be regularized if they had companypleted the period of 240 days on 31.12.1994.
A Division Bench of the High Court by a judgment and order dated 10.11.2000 perused the records pertaining to the process of selection and the results thereof and was of the opinion that although numbercriteria whatsoever was fixed for evaluating the marks which were to be given to each individual candidate but despite the same 5 marks had been awarded for the purported qualification and experience to each candidate while 20 marks had been fixed for interview.
In the said writ petition, it was, inter alia, prayed i to issue a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the selection of Class IV employee in the civil hospital Nawanshahr vide selection list Annexure P/3 and further to order quashing the appointment of respondent No.4 to 21 against the post in class IV and to issue writ of mandamus directing the respondents No.
Indisputably, they took part in the selection process.
A writ petition was filed by some unsuccessful candidates, which was marked as Civil Writ Petition No.11116 of 1997, wherein 18 of the selected candidates were made parties.
It is number their companytentions that they were number interviewed on 12/13.05.
Appointment letters to the so called candidates were despatched on 05.06.1997 and they were allowed to join on 06.06.1997.
The State of Punjab thereafter by an order dated 23.04.2001 cancelled the appointments of all the 31 candidates.
One Jaswinder Lal preferred a special leave petition thereagainst and this Court by an order dated 12.02.2001 passed in Special Leave Petition Civil No.
Prior to issuance of letter of termination dated 23.04.2001, they questioned the order of termination only.
Even a review petition at their instance was maintainable.
The High Court in its judgment and order dated 10.11.2000 clearly numbered that an advertisement was issued in a local newspaper and pursuant thereto about 9000 candidates filed their applications.
B. SINHA, J The State of Punjab is in appeal before us being aggrieved by and dissatisfied with a judgment and order dated 10.01.2002 passed by a Division Bench of the Punjab Haryana High Court allowing the writ petitions filed by the Respondents herein.
