(1.) S. P. Srivastava, J. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned counsel representing the respondents No. 1 to 4.
(2.) PERUSED the record.
(3.) IN Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 5203 of 1996 the petitioners had prayed for a direction requiring the respondents not to hold the selection taking recourse to the written test. They had also prayed for a direction requiring the respondents to hold the selection for filling up the vacancies in the posts of Electronic Accounting Machine Operators strictly in accordance with the seniority.