JUDGMENT 1. - By this petition, the petitioner has prayed for a mandamus, directing the respondents to consider the petitioner preferentially for employment in light of the judgment of this Court delivered on 17 February 1992. 2. The petition is opposed by the reply and it is claimed that the petitioners are not entitled to any preferential treatment. It is opposed on the ground that grant of such preferential treatment is violative of Art. 16 of the Constitution which mandates equality in the matter of public employment. 3. Preferential treatment is claimed on the basis of a judgment of this Court where such relief was granted by this Court in peculiar facts and circumstances of that case wherein the implementation Jawahar Yojana, certain persons were employed for considerable time and after closure of the scheme, their services were terminated. In light of the circumstances then existing, it was observed that they may be considered preferentially for employment in other scheme. That direction cannot be read to mean that a writ of mandamus was issued directing consideration preferentially. 4. Identical question was raised before this Court in Writ Petition No.3307 of 1996 and the petition was dismissed. I am in respectful agreement with the reasons given by my learn ed colleague in that judgment. For that reason also, the petition is dismissed. *******