“45. In this case, the writ petitioners had applied for appointment to the post of Lower Division Clerk, pursuant to a public advertisement issued by the Officer of the District and Sessions Judge Delhi, calling for applications in respect of 412 vacancies to that post. Of these, 94 were reserved for OBC candidates, 52 for Scheduled caste candidates, and 47 for Scheduled Tribe candidates. The selection was to be on the basis of performance in the written test, a typing test and also an interview. The written test was held on 7-3-2010; the petitioners' applications were processed, and they were allowed to sit as scheduled caste or scheduled tribe candidates, on the basis of the certificate furnished by them. Their claims were based on their fathers being members of scheduled castes, notified in places i.e. States or Union territories other than Delhi. The writ petitioners qualified in the written test, and were called for a typing test, which was held on 17-4-2010. All of them qualified in the typing test, and were all asked to appear in the interview, which they did, on 13-5-2010. They were offered appointments by separate letters in June, 2010. The petitioners claim that at this time, they were medically examined, and even their antecedents verified. It was urged that they were working at the time they were offered appointment, and were consequently asked to submit resignation letters, to take up their new appointment as LDCs, which they did. It was submitted that they were informed that their applications for joining were withheld, on account of the judgment of the Supreme Court, in Subhash Chandra. Their counsel submitted that those scheduled caste candidates, who had applied and whose castes were notified in the Scheduled Castes and Tribes Union Territories Order, were, however, allowed to join. It was emphasized that the petitioners have been
