1. The eleven workmen, arrayed as respondents in the present writ petition, were all appointed as daily wage Lower Division Clerks (hereinafter referred to as "LDCs"), on muster roll, with the petitioner, on various dates between 15th September 1982 and 25th October 1984. It is not in dispute that the relevant Recruitment Rules (hereinafter referred as "RRs") mandatorily required passing of written test and typing test, for regular recruitment as LDC, and that none of the respondents were, in fact, subjected to written test or typing test, prior to their initial recruitment as "daily wage muster roll" LDCs. It was only 12 to 14 years after the said workmen had been appointed, that W.P.(C) No.7884/2004 Page 1 of 31 they were given an opportunity to participate in the written test and typing test on 28th July 1996 and 24th August 1996 respectively.
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