D. Datta, J. - (1.) Sri Bidhan Chandra Ray and Sri Sanat Kumar Biswas are the petitioners in this writ petition. They have joined in this petition having independent but identical cause of action.
(2.) Both of them, inter alia, are Master degree holders in 'Library and Information Science' and 'Philosophy', conferred by the University of Calcutta (hereafter the University). They belong to Scheduled Caste community.
(3.) The West Bengal College Service Commission (hereafter the Commission), sometime in March 2007, had issued an advertisement bearing No. 1/2007 (hereafter the said advertisement) inviting applications from eligible candidates for recruitment to posts of Lecturers in various subjects in colleges affiliated to the several universities in the State. The vacancy list attached to the said advertisement showed that there were 11 vacancies in posts of Librarian in colleges (names whereof not disclosed) under the University, out of which three were reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates and the rest eight were unreserved.;