S. B. SINHA, C. J.

( 1 ) THE petitioners herein who are four in number and working as Assistant

( 2 ) THEREAFTER another confirmed seniority list was published wherein the ranking of the petitioners vis-a- vis the unofficial respondents is as follows:

Sl. No.

Name

S. No. in provisional list of 1985

S. No. in provisional list of 1996

S. No. in confirmed list of 1997

S. No. in revised provisional seniority list of 1999

Petitioners

1.

G. Dharma Veera Reddy

224

233

24

233

2.

C. Prakasa Rao

186

195

187

196

3.

K. Prabahakar

204

213

205

214

Respondents 4 and 5

4.

M. Arjun Reddy

115

122

143

123

5.

G. Butchi Lakshmi

137

145

237

146

( 3 ) THE learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submitted that having regard to the fact that the services of the petitioners had been regularised from the date of their initial appointment, the impugned order cannot be sustained. Strong reliance in this connection has been placed on Direct Recruit Class II Engg. Officers Assocn. vs. State of Maharashtra.

( 4 ) THE learned Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents, on the other hand, would submit that the seniority list has been prepared in terms of the decision of the Apex Court in G. S. Venkat Reddy vs. Governme

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