JUDGMENT

D.P. Wadhwa, J.-Ten appellants in this appeal are aggrieved by the order dated August 4, 1995 of the Central Administrative Tribunal (for short the Tribunal ) dismissing their petition. They had approached the Tribunal seeking to quash: (1) the order dated May 19, 1986 modifying the dates of their regularisation as Lower Division Clerks (LDCs) and (2) the order dated March 27, 1991 of the Chief Administrative Officer, Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi issued in pursuance to the advice received from the Director General Health Services, Government of India, terminating their appointments as regular LDCs till regular candidates sponsored by the Staff Selection Commission took their position. The appellants who were working as LDCs in the hospital represented against the order dated May 19, 1986 which had been issued in supersession of the earlier order dated December 3, 1985 changing their dates of regularisation. Instead they were visited with the order threatening to terminate their services.

2. The appellants have been now working as LDCs for varying periods from 18 to 20 years allegedly on ad hoc basis. Their contention is they have been regularl