JUDGMENT :

M.R. SHAH, J.

1. As both these appeals arise out of the impugned common judgment and order passed by the High Court and are between the same parties, the same are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned common judgment and order dated 29.10.2007 passed by the High Court of Madras in Writ Petition Nos. 44921 and 44922 of 2006, by which the High Court has dismissed the said writ petitions preferred by the appellants-Union of India and others and confirmed the judgment and order passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal dated 04.07.2006 in O.A. No. 218 of 2005 and O.A. No. 814 of 2005, the Union of India and others-original writ petitioners before the High Court have preferred the present appeals.

3. The facts leading to the present appeals in nutshell are as under:

That respondent no. 1 herein-original applicant initially joined the services in the Government of Puducherry as a Craft Instructor in the Labour Department on 03.11.1975 and was appointed as the Group Instructor on regular basis. That, thereafter he was promoted as Inspector of Factories on 27.09.1982 and as Principal, Group ‘A’ (Junior Scale) on