Petitioners have asserted that when the proposals were sent to the Government to absorb them in the regular vacancies in view of the directions of this Court, the Government had, in fact, issued directions to the respondents in G.O.Ms.No.212 F &P (FWPCIII) Department, dated 22.4.1994 to absorb the petitioners in regular vacancies. But, instead of considering their cases for being absorbed in regular vacancies of Record Assistants or any other suitable posts, like Attenders, the respondents have adopted a course absorbing them as contingent employees, which is not known to law. Admittedly, the posts of contingent employees are not borne on the cadre strength of the 3rd respondent-College. In fact, petitioners have brought to the notice of this Court the vacancy position in V.R. College, Nellore, which shows that as many as 10 posts of Record Assistants were lying vacant. The respondents instead of absorbing the petitioners against those vacancies adopted a novel method of absorbing them as contingent employees as if they have considered the same in terms of G.O.Ms.No. G.O.Ms.No.212 F &P (FWPCIII) department dated 22.4.1994. As seen from the said G.O., it does not contemplate absorption of any employee as contingent employee. Further, it contemplates absorption in the regular vacancies borne on the cadre strength of that particular College. In view of the same, the impugned proceedings are liable to be set aside. They are accordingly set aside.
