(1.) Petitioners in this writ application have prayed for a direction on the respondents to issue appointment letters in favour of the petitioners as per the recommendations made vide letter No. 52 dated 24.1.2007 (Annexure 10), issued by the Deputy Commissioner, Dhanbad (respondent No. 6), in pursuance to the Government Letter No. 1096 dated 27.2.2002 (Annexure 8) and the Government letter No. 49 dated 28.2.2006 (Annexure 9), issued by the Secretary, Science and Technology Department, Jharkhand (respondent No. 4).
(2.) THE grievance of the petitioners is that the benefit of the appointment in pursuance to the said letters and the policy decisions taken, therein, have wrongly been given to the persons junior to the petitioners despite the fact that the petitioners were duly selected in the written test and also in the interview and, thus, the petitioners have been discriminated.
(3.) NEVERTHELESS , pursuant to the directions in the Contempt Petition, vide Cont. Case (Civil) No. 508 of 2003 and in compliance, thereof, the instructions from the Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department was received on 5.4.2001 and pursuant to the letter dated 8.2.2005, issued by the Science and Technology Department, Government of Jharkhand, Ranchi, the names of the Ward Servants were included in the approved panel of the year 1992.