Judgment

Mrs. Sujata V. Manohar, J.-Prior to 27th of December, 1975 the re­spondents in all these appeal were working in the Dircetorate of Agriculture, Government of Rajasthan, On 27.12.1975 the State Govern­ment issued an order transferring all research activities of the Directorate of Agriculture in the Agricultural Department of the State Government to the University of Udaipur with effect from 1st of Janu­ary, 1976. The appellant-University is the suecessor of the Udaipur University as far as the respondents are concerned. For the sake of convenience, therefore, the term “the University” is used hereafter wihch will cover the Udiapur University or the appellant-University, as the case may be, at the refevant time.

2. Clause 6 of the order of 27.12.1975 stated that the service of the Government servants employed in the research wing of the Directorate of Agriculture shall be transferred to the University on the terms and conditions mentioned therein. Under sub-clause (i) of Clause 6(1), all permanent Government servants and temporary Government servants who had been regularly recruited and appointed to the various categories of posts in the agricultural researach section of the