JUDGMENT

M.R. Shah, J.

1. Feeling aggrieved and dissatisfied with the impugned judgment and order passed by the Division Bench of the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack in W.A. No.319 of 2020, the original writ petitioners working as Home Guards and the State of Orissa both have preferred the present appeals.

2. Civil Appeal arising out of SLP No.3906 of 2022 has been filed by the State of Orissa and others challenging the order passed by the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack in W.P. (C) No.19556 of 2020 by which the High Court has disposed of the said writ petition in terms of the judgment and order passed in W.A. No.319 of 2020 which is the subject matter of C.A.No.8836 of 2022. Therefore, C.A. No.8836 of 2022 arising out of the impugned judgment and order passed by the High Court in W.A. No.319 of 2020 is treated as lead matter and the facts arising out of the said W.A.No.319 of 2020 are narrated, which are as under:-

2.1 That the original writ petitioners all are/were working as Home Guards for more than 10 to 15 years under the Home Department of the State of Orissa. After renderin