1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITTION NO. 3010 of 2009 Dilip C. Indurkar and others Vs. The State of Mah. And others. Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Appearances, Courts orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders and Registrar’s orders. CORAM : A.P. LAVANDE AND P.D. KODE, JJ. DATED : 23RD JULY, 2009. Heard Mr. Pillai, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr. A.Y. Kapgate, learned counsel for respondents 2 and 3. None for other respondents. By this petition, the petitioners challenge recruitment process undertaken by respondent no.2 for the post of Health Workers (Male) by issuing advertisement on 11.6.2009. According to the petitioners, they have been working as Field workers on temporary basis with respondent no.2. Learned counsel submitted that respondent no.2 is bound to consider the petitioners for the post of health workers in preference to the other candidates and as such the advertisement issued on 11.6.2009 by respondent no.2 for filling up the post of Health Workers is patently illegal. The advertisement has been issued by respondent no.2 for filling up the post of health workers in terms of Recruitment Rules in the post. The grievance of the petitioners is that since they have been working as Field Workers from 1996, they should be appointed on preferential basis, as some of them are not qualified having crossed the age limit and as such they are likely to lose their jobs. 2 We are unable to accept the submission of Mr. Pillai that the petitioners are departmental candidates and as such entitled to be appointed to the post of Health Workers. The petitioners have been appointed on temporary basis to do the seasonal work and as such they cannot be termed as regular employees of respondent no.2. Moreover, the advertisement issued by respondent no.2 is in terms with the Recruitment Rules and in the absence of any challenge to the Recruitment Rules, we do not find any merit in the present petition. Consequently, the writ petition is dismissed. JUDGE JUDGE Ambulkar.