JUDGMENT

A. K. Patnaik, J. —

These are appeals against the judgment and order dated 05.04.2002 of the Division Bench of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in a batch of Writ Petitions Nos. 14689 of 2001, 25322 of 2001, 24420 of 1997 and Writ Petition No.22926 of 2001 (for short ‘the impugned judgment’).

2.The relevant facts very briefly are that on 28.07.1983 the Government of India sent a Circular to all the State Governments to depute the Forest Range Officers who have passed the Forest Ranger Course with honours for admission to two year course at the State Forest College for the post of Assistant Conservator of Forest. In response to the Circular, the Government of Andhra Pradesh sent the Forest Range Officers, who had secured honours in Forest Ranger Course, on deputation to the State Forest College for training as Assistant Conservators of Forests during the period 08.04.1986 to 23.06.1994. On 13.11.1994, the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal delivered a judgment in O.A. No.3258 of 1994 holding that the deputation of Forest Range Officers, namely, Sri B. Narayan Reddy and Sri T. P. Thimma Reddy, for training as Assistant Conservators of Forests was contrary to the Andhra Prades