Order

Writ Petition (C) No. 211/97 under Article 32 of the Constitution of India has been filed with a prayer to issue a writ of mandamus to the respondents 1 and 2 to implement the judgment of this Court dated January 19, 1995 in Ravi Paul & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors.1 and also the Order dated July 18, 1995 of this Court in R.C. Sahi & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. and for other consequential reliefs as well.

2. It is the case of the petitioners that this Court in R.C. Sahi’s case had expressly directed the first respondent to revise the senior­ity list, if necessary, after hearing the officers concerned, in accordance with law. The first respondent, according to the petition­ers, purporting to implement the order of this Court in Sahi’s case, had prepared a seniority list ignoring the relevant provisions of law which had affected their seniority. It is to be noted, the peti­tioners were also parties in Sahi’s case.

3. Though the issue lies in a narrow compass, wide ranging arguments were addressed by the learned counsel in this case.

4. The short question that arises for consideration is whether Re­spondents 1 and 2 are justified in taking into account the past services of the